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At Men's WSF World Junior Championship 2014, Windhoek, Namibia

[R1] (3/4) Kush Kumar (IND) bt bye
[R2] (3/4) Kush Kumar (IND) bt Luke Michael Mannion (ZIM) 11-0, 11-7, 11-4
[R3] (3/4) Kush Kumar (IND) bt Edmon Lopez Moller (ESP) 11-6, 11-4, 11-8
[R4] (3/4) Kush Kumar (IND) bt Darren Chan (MAS) 11-3, 11-4, 11-7 (27m)
[QF] (3/4) Kush Kumar (IND) bt (5/8) George Parker (ENG) 11-6, 11-8, 11-8 (40m)

[SF] (3/4) Kush Kumar (IND) vs (1) Diego Elias (PER)

Kush Kumar beat Britisher George Parker in straight games, 11-6 11-8 11-8, to becomes the first Indian boy to reach the semifinals of World Junior Championships ... In this tournament till now he doesn't lose a single game but next he is facing big challenge of the top seed and championship favourite Diego Elias of Peru, who is already in top-100 of world ranking.

Other hand in boys only Madhav Dhingra managed to reach in the third round and in girls section Harshit Kaur Jawanda managed to reach in the third round before losing to 2ns seed Egyptian Nouran Gohar, who is already in top-30 world ranking.