Badminton: Uganda avoid wooden spoon in Canada
Tracy Naluwooza triumphed for Uganda
What you need to know:
- China topped the standings with South Korea coming second and Japan third at the event in which 39 countries took part.
- Action moved to the singles events starting yesterday with Naluwooza losing to Jessica Jazmin of Italy 21-9 and 21-16 with the rest of the Ugandan contingent playing later in the day.
Kampala. The 2018 Junior World Badminton Championships that concluded over the weekend in Canada was a humbling experience for the Ugandan team.
This is after they lost all four group games against Taiwan, Brazil, France and Norway at the six-day event. It was however not all gloom for the Brian Kasirye led side as they secured what turned out to be their only win of the campaign at the fifth attempt.
A 3-0 win over Mongolia ensured they would not finish bottom despite later losing to New Zealand and Australia.
Expedito Emuddu and Fadilah Shamika recorded a 21-11 and 21-18 straight set win over Badamlyankhua Batbayar and Temuulen Gombodorj to set the ball rolling in the doubles category before wins in the singles games.
Kasirye, a silver medalist at the Africa Youth games, then defeated Sumiyasuren Enkhbat 16-21 18-21 while Tracy Naluwooza got the better of Munkhnar Lkhagvasuren 8-21 9-21 on the team that also included Arshath Mohamed.
China topped the standings with South Korea coming second and Japan third at the event in which 39 countries took part.
Action moved to the singles events starting yesterday with Naluwooza losing to Jessica Jazmin of Italy 21-9 and 21-16 with the rest of the Ugandan contingent playing later in the day.
