India posts strong start as badminton and table tennis players advance; swimmers miss podium.

xBahrain: Indian shuttlers and table tennis players began their campaign in the Youth Asian Games on a promising note, with many of them advancing to the pre-quarterfinals even as the 3x3 basketball team suffered a quarterfinal loss to Iran here on Monday. Shuttler Vennala Kalagotla in girls' singles defeated Sri Lanka's Nethmi Ratnayeke 23-21, 21-10 in the round of 32, while in boys' singles Tankara Talasila beat Singapore's Tee Kai 21-15, 21-15 to make it to the pre-quarters.

The mixed doubles pair of Param Choudhary and Aanya Bisht, however, lost to South Korea's Na Seon Jae/Kim Bohye 8-21, 15-21 in the opening round.

In 3x3 basketball, Indian girls suffered a quarterfinal loss to Iran 15-1

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