U-17 and U-15 Asia Junior Badminton Championships: Tasnim Mir clinches maiden gold

Top-seeded Tasnim Mir bagged her maiden U-15 women's singles title at U-17 and U-15 Asia Junior Badminton Championships after defeating teammate Tara Shah here on Sunday.In an all-India final, both the young shuttlers gave each other a tough fight before the Gujarat girl wrapped up an exciting match in three games 17-21, 21-11, 21-19 in her favour.In the summit clash, it was Pune girl Tara who dominated the first game and won it 21-16. However, Tashim came back in the second game and took the game 21-11.Tashim capitalised on her performance and sealed the final game 21-19 in a match, which lasted for 55 minutes.Tasnim bagged gold medal while Tara claimed silver as both the girls bettered their performance from the last edition where they had reached till the quarter-final stage in Myanmar in 2018.Both the players came into the match having registered easy wins over Japanese opponents in their respective semi-finals on Saturday.Tasnim thrashed Sora Ishioka 21-16, 21-11 while Tara beat .