16-year-old Sehaj of city keen to carve a niche in badminton

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Ludhiana, July 12

Sehaj Bhardwaj, an upcoming badminton player from Ludhiana, has been picking up fast and is all set to carve a niche for himself at the national-level competitions.

Sehaj (16), a student of Class XI at BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Shastri Nagar, took up the game five years ago and wrapped up titles in singles, doubles as well as mixed doubles categories during the district and state championships in the sub-junior section.

Sehaj tasted victory in a state-level tournament when he secured third position in the Punjab State Badminton Championship in the U-13 category in 2014, followed by another bronze medal in the U-15 group in the Open Punjab State Badminton Tournament.

Besides, Sehaj gave an improved performance in the Junior Punjab Ranking Tournament held in Jalandhar in 2016 where he won a silver medal.

For his performance in Jalandhar, Sehaj was selected for the 63rd National School Badminton Tournament, held at Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh, and the 42nd Inter-State Inter-Zonal Junior National Badminton Championship, held at Guwahati in Assam.

Sehaj attends coaching at the BCM Arya Sports Academy under the guidance of coaches Surinder and Chander Mohan. He owes his success to Anand Tiwari and Lakhwinder Singh, senior badminton players, who also guide him on how to improve his game.