SINGAPORE, Aug 18 (PTI): Rising shuttler HS Prannoy assured India a silver, while tennis sensation Yuki Bhambri inched closer to his medal as India wrapped up a mixed day in the inaugural Youth Olympics games here today.
Prannoy delved deep in his armoury to produce a stunning 19-21 21-17, 21-17 win over top seed Kang Ji Wook of Korea in the first semifinal here.
The Kerela shuttler, who had lost to Kang in the semifinals of World Championship, bounced back from a game down and held his nerves in crucial moments to bring cheers to the Indian camp.
He will now face the winner of the contest between Poodchalat Pisit and Low Wei Sheng in the finals tomorrow.
�It was a great victory for Prannoy. He was attacking and his backhand looked good. He lost the first game but he bounced back and played well in crucial moments,� National coach Pullela Gopichand told PTI.
In tennis, sixth seed Yuki continued his rampaging run in the tournament and beat John Morrissey of Ireland 6-4, 6-4 to set up a semifinal clash with second seed Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegov, who beat seventh seed Hungarian Mate Zsiga 6-4, 6-2.
In Archery, Atanu Das and Seema Verma shot 637 and 635 for an identical fifth position in the junior men�s and women�s individual ranking round respectively.
Seema then spanked Sorsa Tanja of Finland 6-0 in the 1/16 elimination round but it was all over for Atanu in the men�s elimination round as Hautamaki Joni of Finland edge past him 6-5.
In the mixed team 1/16 elimination, Atanu and Miranda Leek of USA failed to get past the Dutch-Armenia pair of Maud Custers and Shahnazaryan Vasil and lost 4-6 at the Kallang Field here.
Seema was unlucky in the mixed team 1/16 elimination as she and her partner Linster lost 1-3 to Wojnicka Aleksandra and Yilmaz Yaqiz.
Among others in fray, Indian boys basket ball team lost 20-33 to Greece in the preliminary Group A match.
