India leveraged the energy of their home crowd and mastery of local conditions to defeat Korea and guarantee a historic medal at the BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championships at the National Centre of Excellence here on Thursday.

The hosts staged a thrilling comeback in a tense quarterfinal that stretched nearly three hours, bouncing back after dropping the opening set to win 44-45, 45-30, 45-33. India will now face Asian U-19 Mixed Team champions Indonesia in the semifinals, after the Indonesians defeated Chinese Taipei 45-35, 45-35.

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

The way India had lined up for the quarterfinals, it was quite clear that they were heavily relying on th

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