India secured its first-ever medal in the mixed team event of the Badminton Asia youth under-19 championships at the U.P. Badminton Academy courts on 4 July 2011.India won bronze by virtue of defeating Chinese Taipei in the quarter-finals and making it to the semi-final.
In the quarterfinals, K. Srikanth and K. Maneesha gave India a fine start by getting the better of Taipei's Chia Yu Lin and Yen Hua Chen 21-14, 21-17. Sameer Verma followed it up with an inspiring performance and managed to overcome challenge from Tzu Wei Wang.
However in the semi-final India lost to a physically and tactically superior Chinese side 0-3.On the other hand Malaysia defeated Indonesia 3-1 and made the final.
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