Badminton tourney: Lakshay begins campaign in style

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Ludhiana, July 25

Punjab state champion (U-10), Lakshay Sharma, began his campaign in style on the second day of the Sub- Juniors and Masters Ludhiana District Badminton Championship being held at Shastri Hall near Guru Nanak Stadium here today.

Lakshay, a student of Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha Nagar, faced no resistance from his opponent, Parth Walia whom he defeated hands down 21-3, 21-1, while Ayan Malik, Aryan Jain, Guneet Singh, Akshit Milhanu and Hardev Singh too overpowered their rivals to sail into the second round of the Under-10 category.

Second days’ results:

Boys (U-15) third round: Agrim Kapila bt Mehtab 21-3, 21-8; Samay Grover bt Ayush Jain 21-19, 21-15; Pranshu Madan bt Yuvraj Singh 21-7, 21-9; Bhawaya Khera bt Guranjan Singh 21-8, 21-15; Arnam Jain bt Pranav Bhandari 21-9, 21-11; Rajbir Khurana bt Ansh Gandhi 21-19, 21-9; Chirag Sharma bt Kartik Randev 21-15, 21-8; Akshit Sood bt Tareshdar 21-12, 21-10; Parth Bansal bt Manmeet Singh 21-13, 21-10; Rishab Jain bt Ankit Goyal 21-19, 18-21, 21-17; Shivaj Thapar bt Parminder 21-10, 21-8;Sunnidiya Nautiyal bt Aaskirat Singh 21-7, 21-5; Ayush Grover bt Ankul Gupta 15-21, 21-18, 21-10; Sehaj Bhardwaj bt Kanwar Gurbir 21-3, 21-4; Saksham Sharma bt Aryan Bhardwaj 19-21, 21-19, 21-10 and Alampartap Singh bt Jaswant Singh 21-13, 21-7.

Girls (U-15) second round: Simranjit Kaur bt Vasthali 21-0, 21-2; Siya Sharma bt Sanya Dhir 21-12, 21-7; Zoya Virk bt Shreya Bhatia 21-12, 21-16; Manroop Kaur bt Himakshi Chawla 21-6, 21-5; Rupinder Kaur bt Akansha Jindal 21-0, 21-4 and Parerna Dawer bt Esha Kundra 21-0, 21-0.

Boys (U-10) first round: Lakshay Sharma bt Parth Walia 21-3, 21-1; Ayan Malik bt Prabhnoor 21-17, 16-21, 22-20; Aryan Jain bt Ishaan Takkar 21-1, 21-9; Guneet Singh bt Gunrajveer Singh 21-7, 21-8; Akshit Milhanu bt Mehardeep Singh 21-4, 21-10 and Hardev Singh bt Satyarth Randev 20-22,25-23, 22-20.