BWF World Jr. Mixed Team Championship: India beat Germany 4-1 to finish 13th
The Hindu
India had finished behind China in the second position in their group
The Indian team notched up a 4-1 win over Germany to sign off at the 13th position at the World Junior Mixed Team Badminton Championships in Santander, Spain on Friday.
Mixed doubles pair of Samarveer and Radhika Sharma starting the proceedings, beating Germany's Jarne Schlevoigt and Julia Meyer 21-18 21-16 to give India a 1-0 lead in the five-match play-offs for 13-16 positions.
In men's singles, Bharat Raghav saw off Germany's Sanjeevi Padmanabhan Vasudevan 14-21 21-17 21-8 in a thrilling match to make it 2-0 in India's favour.
Men's doubles combination of Arsh Mohammad and Abhinav Thakur, however, went down 14-21 22-24 to Jonathan Dresp and Simon Krax as Germany made a comeback.
But Odisha Open winner Unnati Hooda crushed all hopes with a 21-8 21-6 win over Germany's Selin Hubsch and then women's pair of Shreya Balaji and Srinidhi Narayan prevailed 21-13 21-13 over Julia Meyer and Cara Siebrecht to end the lop-sided contest.
On Thursday, India lost 1-3 to Malaysia.
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