Jagsher Singh Khangurra Advances to Semifinals at BWF World Junior Badminton Championships
Khangurra Secures Medal Spot in Cairo
In a thrilling match at the BWF World Junior Badminton Championships held in Cairo, Egypt, Jagsher Singh Khangurra from Nabha, Punjab, has guaranteed himself a medal. He made a remarkable comeback after losing the first game, defeating Yuan-Syue Jhuang from Chinese Taipei with scores of 6-15, 17-15, and 15-12, completing the match in 48 minutes.
This victory marks Khangurra as the ninth Indian player to reach the podium in boys' singles at this prestigious event, as reported by the Badminton Association of India (BAI).
Historically, India has secured one gold, five silver, and six bronze medals in the championships. Khangurra, seeded 14th, is now set to compete against 31st seed Radithya Bayu Wardhana from Indonesia in the semifinals scheduled for Saturday.
In the girls' singles category, Shaina Manimuthu also aimed for a medal but was defeated by Yi Qing Yin of China, with scores of 15-5, 15-8 in the quarterfinals.
Notably, Olympic medalist Saina Nehwal remains the only Indian to have won a gold medal in the girls' singles at the BWF World Junior Championships back in 2008.
-BWF World Junior Championships 2026: Indian badminton team
Boys' singles: Nishchal Chand, Dev Ruparelia, Jagsher Singh Khangurra, Akhil Reddy Bobba
Girls' singles: Parul Choudhary, Tanvi Reddy Andluri, Shaina Manimuthu, Tanvi Patri
Boys' doubles: Aathish Sreenivas PV-Yogansh Singh, Pavan Suresh-Punith Suresh
Girls' doubles: Aanya Bisht-Angel Punera, Diya Bheemaiah-Baruni Parshwal
Mixed doubles: Divyansh Agrawal-Varna Prabhuanand, Yogansh Singh-Aanya Bisht.