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‘Hero-style, hates to lose’: Meet 17-year-old shuttler who clinched a rare win over China | Badminton News

ANMOL KHARB loves a good one-liner, and doesn’t particularly care about traditional festivals if they come in the way of her badminton practice. On Diwali, she demanded to know from coach Kusum Singh why she couldn’t pack in a morning training session when all the revelry and fireworks happen in the evening. And on Rakshabandhan, she coolly declared, “I’ll protect myself. I don’t need rakhi.” At Shah Alam in Malaysia on Wednesday, though, the 17-year-old playing India’s fifth match and third singles gave her teammates and coaches plenty of reasons to break into noisy celebrations. Tied at 2-2, Anmol kept an icy cool temperament and hit consistent winners to defeat Chinese Wu Luo Yu 22-20, 14-21, 21-18 and nick a rare 3-2 team victory against China at the Badminton Asia Team Championships. China had fielded a second-string side, Luo Yu is ranked only No 149, and India were already assured a quarters spot. P V Sindhu and Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand set the tone to defy an always formidable Chinese unit, and Anmol pulled off the …

A Saina Nehwal-fan, now star in the making: Anmol Kharb who helped India beat China 3-2 at the Badminton Asia Team Championships | Cricket News

Her bearing on court and her strong mind are both reminiscent of a young Saina Nehwal. On Wednesday, she delivered a Nehwalesque KO blow to the Chinese. National champion Anmol Kharb took to the court for her first and big International outing against Chinese Wu Luo Yu in the Badminton Asian Team Championship, with the India-China tie poised critically at 2-2. From thereon, the gutsy youngster, 18, was nerveless as she scored a sensational 22-20, 14-21, 21-18 win to give India a memorable 3-2 result over China in a women’s team event. It is only the group stages, and China were at the event with a second-string side, both teams assured of quarters. But after PV Sindhu and Treesa-Gayatri pulled two matches against higher ranked Chinese, it fell on the debutant Anmol’s shoulders to take a shot at a 3-2 result. And the youngster showed outstanding temperament and fine hitting sass even under pressure and when tiring, to give India a solid win against the arch rivals. The Haryana youngster, now 17, was at Panchkula …

A Saina Nehwal-fan, now star in the making: Anmol Kharb who helped India beat China 3-2 at the Badminton Asia Team Championships | Badminton News

Her bearing on court and her strong mind are both reminiscent of a young Saina Nehwal. On Wednesday, she delivered a Nehwalesque KO blow to the Chinese. National champion Anmol Kharb took to the court for her first and big International outing against Chinese Wu Luo Yu in the Badminton Asian Team Championship, with the India-China tie poised critically at 2-2. From thereon, the gutsy youngster, 18, was nerveless as she scored a sensational 22-20, 14-21, 21-18 win to give India a memorable 3-2 result over China in a women’s team event. It is only the group stages, and China were at the event with a second-string side, both teams assured of quarters. But after PV Sindhu and Treesa-Gayatri pulled two matches against higher ranked Chinese, it fell on the debutant Anmol’s shoulders to take a shot at a 3-2 result. And the youngster showed outstanding temperament and fine hitting sass even under pressure and when tiring, to give India a solid win against the arch rivals. The Haryana youngster, now 17, was at Panchkula …