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Carolina Marin fan Adita Rao overcomes injury to enter semifinals of badminton nationals

Back in December when in practice ahead of the junior nationals, Adita Rao twisted her leg, hurt a ligament and suffered a side strain. The trauma was fresh, and the worrying about aggravating it persistent. Yet, there is the natural speed in her feet – honed in the last six months, but perhaps inherited from her athlete mother – that has propelled her into the semifinals of the Badminton Senior Nationals at Balewadi. It was the foot-speed that helped her negate the big game of the talented and fit Ira Sharma in the quarterfinals, as she made a surprise run into the last four alongside Aakarshi Kashyap, Ashmita Chaliha and Anupama Upadhyay. Reading her opponent’s game and using her own quick reach at the net with an effective lunge, Adita, seeded third, would win in straight games 21-16...