Shuttler Tanvi Sharma eyes junior titles before full-fledged senior switch

Rising Indian shuttler Tanvi Sharma says she needs to sharpen her net play to target bigger BWF events in future, but her immediate goal is to clinch the Asian Junior and World Junior Championships titles this year.

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The 16-year-old from Punjab became the youngest Indian to reach a BWF World Tour final when she finished runner-up at the US Open Super 300 tournament last month.

"It was an amazing week for me. I am happy about it. But now I am focusing on my other tournaments. I am hoping to do my best in Super 500 and 750 events as well," Tanvi told PTI in an interview.

"I think that week, I was very aggressive in my game. My movement was very fast and my smashes were very good. That motivated me a lot."

Tanvi didn't take long to make an impression after picking up badminton from her volleyball-playing mother Meera, who learned coaching basics to train Tanvi and her elder sister Radhika. She became U-15 and U-17 national champion before finishing runner-up in U-19 nationals in 2022.