New faces Anmol, Ashmita pull off big wins to upstage Japan for place in Asia team final


Top: India’s Ashmita Chaliha returning a shot to Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star

SHAH ALAM: Youngster Anmol Kharb announced herself on the world stage in style after propelling India’s women’s team to the final of the Asia Team Cham–pionships.

The 17-year-old has been compared to former great Saina Nehwal in her country and proved that she has the ability to one day scale the heights of her famous compatriot when she stunned world No. 29 Natsuki Nidaira 21-14, 21-18 to give India a 3-2 win over Japan in the last four at the Setia City Convention Centre yesterday.

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