GUWAHATI: India’s young shuttlers continued to impress at the BWF World Junior Championships 2025 as Gnana Dattu TT and the mixed doubles pair of Bhavya Chhabra and Vishakha Toppo pulled off major upsets to reach the quarter-finals at the National Centre of Excellence on Thursday.

Gnana Dattu, making his debut at the world juniors, stunned eighth seed Garret Tan of the USA 15-12, 15-13 in the boys’ singles pre-quarterfinals. In mixed doubles, Bhavya and Vishakha bounced back after dropping the opening game to overcome third seeds Thibault Gardon and Agathe Cuevas of France 12-15, 15-11, 15-12.

In girls’ singles, top seed Tanvi Sharma and eighth seed Unnati Hooda eased into the last eight with dominant wins. Tanvi outplayed China’s Sun Li Yuan 15-8, 15-5, while Unnati recovered from a sl

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