Chengdu, Oct 23 (PTI) Lakshya Rajesh and Diksha Sudhakar reached the pre-quarterfinals in the girls’ singles with contrasting wins while Jagsher Singh Khangurra made the same stage in the boys’ event on day two of the Badminton Asia U-17 & U-15 Championships, here.

In the U-17 girls’ singles, Lakshya eased past Chinese Taipei’s Kuan Yi Lin 21-17, 21-11, while Diksha produced a strong comeback to beat China’s Luo Ya Ru 17-21, 21-16, 21-11 in her match on Wednesday..

Among the boys, Jagsher impressed with a commanding 21-14, 21-17 victory over China’s Zhang Yu Feng..

India’s doubles contingent also looked sharp..

The girls’ doubles pair Deepak Raj Aditi and P. Vriddhi overcame Malaysia’s Sue Mei Teoh/Zi Qing Wan 22-20, 21-12, while the U-15 mixed duo Hemanth Sri Sammetla and Sharayu Ranj

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