Young shuttler Tasnim Mir on Wednesday grew to become the primary Indian to seize the world no 1 rating within the under-19 ladies singles within the newest BWF junior rankings.
The 16-year-old from Gujarat was rewarded for final 12 months’s stellar run when she had secured titles in three junior worldwide tournaments to leap three locations to seize the highest place within the junior world rankings.
“I can’t say that I expected this. I thought I will not be able to become no 1 as tournaments were getting affected by COVID-19 but I won three events in Bulgaria, France and Belgium. So I am really excited and happy that finally I could become the world no 1. It is a great moment for me,” Tasnim advised PTI from Guwahati.
“I will completely focus on the senior circuit from now on and looking forward to playing at Iran and Uganda next month. My aim now is to improve my senior ranking. If I can weave some good performances and get into top 200 by end of the year that would be great.”
Tasnim, who’s supported by OGQ, is at present ranked a lowly 602 within the girls’s singles.
Tasnim’s feat has by no means been achieved by any Indian woman, together with two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu and London bronze winner Saina Nehwal.
While Sindhu was world no 2 in her under-19 days, Saina didn’t make the reduce for being a junior with the BWF junior rankings beginning solely in 2011. Another Indian Samiya Imad Farooqui of Telangana got here shut however might solely reached the second spot within the BWF junior rankings.
Accolades to Tasnim Mir daughter of Irfan Mir,ASI Mehsana police in attaining an ideal milestone by changing into first in junior world rankings in badminton.many extra milestones to return.@sanghaviharsh @CMOGuj @AmitShah @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/R0AmEVvakI
— DGP Gujarat (@dgpgujarat) January 12, 2022
In Boys singles, Lakshya Sen, Siril Verma and Aditya Joshi had grow to be the world no 1.
Tasnim was a part of India’s marketing campaign on the Thomas and Uber Cup held late final 12 months in Denmark and says it had a big impact on her sport.
“It was a huge moment for me, it was first time that I was among the seniors, playing against world class players in big stadiums, it was a great experience. I also met Viktor Axelsen there, I like his game. I also like to watch players such as Tai Tzu Ying and An Seyoung,” she stated.
Tasnim has been coaching beneath Indonesian coach Edwin Iriawan on the Assam Badminton Academy in Guwahati for the final 4 years.
“I have been training for last four years under Edwin, it has been great experience, we get to train with men players, so I has helped to improve my game,” stated {the teenager}, who gained the 2019 Dubai Junior International.
Tasnim received her first classes on badminton from her father Irfan Mir, who’s a badminton coach and likewise ASI in Mehsana police.
“My father is a badminton coach and also works for Mehsana police. He has always been interested in sports and used to take me alongwith him when I was about 7-8 years old,” she stated. I
Tasnim, whose youthful brother Mohd Ali Mir, a Gujarat state junior champion, additionally trains along with her in Guwahati, has been an achiever proper from her younger days.
She gained the nationwide junior champion (U-19) on the age of 14 and likewise claimed the nationwide crown within the under-13, under-15 and under-19 ladies’ singles classes.
Tasnim additionally gained U-15 singles and doubles titles on the All-India Sub-Junior rating tournaments in Hyderabad and Nagpur in 2018.
At the 2019 World Junior Championships in Russia, she couldn’t go previous the spherical of 32 however returned to win the title on the Asian U-17 & U-15 Junior Championships the identical 12 months in Indonesia.
She additionally emerged victorious on the President Cup Nepal Junior International Series 2020 in Kathmandu.
“I will need to work on my stamina and mental aspect of my game, which will play a big role. I have confidence on my shots but it is important to focus on mind,” she signed off.
