India’s Tanushree Pandey clinches Silver Medal at World Soft Tennis Championship

In Soft Tennis, India’s Tanushree Pandey has clinched the Silver Medal at the World Soft Tennis Championship at Jingshan in China. She faced a defeat against Chiang Min Yu of Chinese Taipei, 3-4, in the Under 21 Women’s Individual Singles final yesterday.

Earlier, Tanushree triumphed over her Japanese opponent, 4-3, in a fiercely contested semifinal match. While in the quarterfinal, she had defeated her Chinese opponent by the same scoreline.

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