Later in the day yesterday, the cadet girls too made it to the knockout stage thrashing Jordan 3-0. But the junior boys, who have failed to make it to the quarterfinals, beat Thailand 3-2 and would be playing in the 9-14 positional matches.
India could have taken the top perch in cadet boys only if Manav Thakkar had sustained his aggression against Chinese Taipei's Chen Chun-Hsiang. But he won both his reverse singles and combined well with doubles partner Akaash Nath to give a tough time to Taipei. But it was Thakkar match against Chen Chun-Hsiang which set the ball rolling.
As for the junior girls, Ayhika was the star winning both her singles against Singapore's Hui Li Tay (11-6, 11-6, 7-11, 11-8) and Herng Hwee Yee (8-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 11-5). The Indian, down 0-2, struck form suddenly to surprise her rival in the third game. From there, it was the Indian all the way as Yee lost the next two games tamely.
Joining them in the quarterfinal race in the junior boys category were DPR Korea, Kazakhstan and Singapore, while in the Junior Girls section, Chinese Taipei and Thailand besides hosts India.
In the cadet boys section, group 4 saw some extraordinary results with No. 4 team Bahrain scoring over both Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka. In terms of reputation, Bahrain was a relatively a weak team considering the potential of Kazakhstan. But the former surprised both the Kazakhs as well as the Sri Lankans to take the second place behind Japan.
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