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New Delhi: Indian player Tanvi Patri defeated Vietnam’s Thi Thu Huyen Nguyen in straight games to win the girls’ under-15 category title at the Namweet Asian Championships in Chengdu, China on Sunday. Top seed Tanvi registered a 22-20, 21-11 win over second seed Nguyen in a 34-minute match. After this performance of Tanvi, she has been included in the list of Samia Imad Farooqui and Tasneem Mir. Farooqui and Mir had won the under 15 girls category titles in 2017 and 2019.*Tanvi grabbed the attention of everyone with her brilliant performance throughout the tournament. Tanvi trailed 11-17 in the first game of the final. However, she took advantage of a mistake by the Vietnamese player to earn points and win the first game. Tanvi didn’t give any chance to her opponent in the second game and won the match with a game. India won one gold and one bronze medal in this tournament. G. Dattu won a bronze medal in the under-17 boys category.”At the Asian Championship Badminton Championships, Tanvi Patri won the title and G. Dattu once again showed that India has no shortage of talent by winning the bronze medal. I am confident that in the coming times, we will see other Indian junior players also winning titles like Tanvi and Dattu,” said Badminton Federation of India General Secretary Sanjay Mishra. Tanvi’s parents Rabinarayan Patri and Shailbala Panda are software engineers. He previously worked in China. It was there that Tanvi started playing badminton. All of them returned to India during Corona.*Tanvi has skills like Sindhu Vimal Kumar*”She came to India when she was around eight to nine years old and joined our academy in 2022. Looking at her reminds me of Sindhu. Sindhu also used to play like this in junior group. The ability to win matches at a young age is a good indication. She still has a long way to go. As per the way she is playing, there are expectations from her. She is far ahead of players of her age group. In the last six months, she has won under-17 tournaments. Also, many senior players have been defeated. This includes Tanvi Sharma, who reached the finals of the current national tournament,” said Vimal Kumar, Director, Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy. I am happy after winning the title. I was confident of victory and managed to perform well. I have been training at Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, Bangalore for the last two years. *– Tanvi Patri*
