India, Nov. 5 -- Just a few months ago, Tanvi Patri announced her arrival on the badminton circuit when she won the girls singles title at the Asian U17 Junior Championships in Chengdu, China. Patri is now the first Indian to reach the final of the women's singles event at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar.

On Wednesday, the 15-year-old from Odisha beat Japan's Yuzuno Watanabe 21-14, 11-21, 21-19 to reach the final. She is thus set to become only the third Indian badminton player to win a medal at the Youth Olympics, with HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen winning silver in the men's singles event at the 2010 and 2018 editions in Singapore and Buenos Aires respectively.

However, she will have the opportunity to become the first from the country ...