Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 14 (ANI): Medal hopefuls Tanvi Sharma, Unnati Hooda and Rakshitha Sree R launched their Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Junior Championships campaigns with comfortable victories, while all four boys' singles players also sailed through the next round at the National Centre of Excellence here on Tuesday.

Top-seeded Tanvi thrashed Poland's Wiktoria Kaletka 15-2, 15-1 in just 11 minutes, while eighth-seeded Unnati eased to a 15-8, 15-9 win over Hong Kong's Liu Hoi Anna in 23 minutes. Rakshitha Sree then overcame the challenge of Lucy Yang of Canada 15-5, 15-9 to get her campaign going, as per a press release from the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).

Indonesia's Thalita Wiryawan, seeded seventh, was the highest girls' singles player to be knocked out

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