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Kazakhstan International Challenge: The 17-year-old Indian star shuttler Anmol Kharb on Thursday reached the quarterfinals of the Kazakhstan International Challenge badminton tournament after beating Nurani Rattu Azzahra of UAE in straight games 21-11, 21-7 in a match that went for 40 minutes.

Anmol's journey through the tournament was nothing short of spectacular. With each match, she seemed to elevate her game, leaving her opponents in awe. Taking the lead of 11-3 in the first game Kharb displayed a range of shots after a dominating first game victory.

In the second game, Kharb gave no chance to her opponent as she relentlessly played attacking body smashes and kept Nurani on the defence. Kharb with her extreme control of drop shots on the net kept Nurani busy before taking the match by straight set games win.