GUWAHATI: India rode on the energy of the vociferous fans and the knowledge of the home conditions to beat Korea and assure itself of a historic BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championships medal at the National Centre of Excellence, here on Thursday.

The host came through a nerve-wracking quarterfinal clash that lasted almost three hours and needed the team to pick itself up after a heartbreaking reversal in the opening set to beat Korea 44-45, 45-30, 45-33 to set up a semi-final clash against Asian U-19 Mixed Team champion Indonesia, which defeated Chinese Taipei 45-35, 45-35.

The semi-final appearance also assured India of its first-ever mixed-team medal in the history of BWF World Junior Championships.

The way India had lined-up for the quarterfinals, it was quite clear that it was he

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