The women’s singles finalists are just 16 and 15 at the 85th senior National badminton championships here.
On Saturday, the 16-year-old Anmol Kharb of Haryana, the reigning under-17 girls’ champion, showed confidence and maturity beyond her age to stun second seed Ashmita Chaliha of Petroleum 21-17, 21-19 while the 15-year-old Tanvi Sharma of Punjab overcame a spirited challenge from Assam’s Isharani Baruah to win 21-15, 20-22, 21-14.
Telangana’s M. Tharun, who faced his first big test, scripted a 21-11, 16-21, 21-19 victory over Bharat Raghav of Haryana in the men’s singles semifinals. Tharun, seeded fourth, will face Chirag Sen of Indian Railways after the latter produced an outstanding display to get past second seed Kiran George of RBI 21-18, 21-18. Bharat was subdued throughout the first game and only in the second period of the second half did he start attacking with vigour.
