Thirteen-year-old Tanvi Patri from Odisha has cemented her status as one of India&rsquo;s most promising badminton prodigies by clinching the U-15 girls singles title at the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/lakshya-sen-is-going-to-austria-to-do-some-physical-assessment-vimal-kumar-23380863" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Badminton</a> Asia U-17 &amp; U-15 Junior Championships in Chengdu, China, the country where she first honed her skills in the sport.
Defeats second seed in final
Patri capped off a phenomenal week with a superlative performance, defeating Vietnam&rsquo;s second seed Thi Thu Huyen Nguyen 22-20, 21-11 in a 34-minute final, offering a glimmer of hope after Indian badminton&rsquo;s recent struggles at the Paris Olympics.
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&ldquo;I&rsquo;m feeling good after winning the title,&rdquo; Patri told PTI from Chengdu. &ldquo;I had expected to win, and I&rsquo;m happy I could do that. I&rsquo;ve been training at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy [PPBA] in Bangalore for the last two years.&rdquo; Her parents, Rabinarayan Patri and Sailabala Panda, are software professionals who previously worked in China, where she first took up badminton.The family returned to India in 2020 following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vimal Kumar, Director of PPBA, sees great promise in Tanvi, even drawing comparisons to the early days of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/paris-olympics-2024-women-should-never-restrict-themselves-pv-sindhu-23373290" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">PV Sindhu</a>, one of India&rsquo;s most celebrated badminton players. &ldquo;She was about eight or nine when she moved to India and joined the academy in 2022,&rdquo; said Vimal.
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&ldquo;She reminds me of Sindhu when she was young. The ability to win matches at a young age is a good sign. She has a long way to go, and with her temperament, she has great potential. If she improves her strength and continues to develop, she could be a strong contender for the 2028 or 2032 Olympics.&rdquo;
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Former India coach Vimal Kumar says Tanvi, who won the girls U-15 title at Badminton Asia Jr C’ships in China, reminds him of Sindhu in her early years

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