Kanav, Manik survive opening round scare

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Ludhiana, September 16

Manik Sharma and Kanav Dhingra survived a scare in the boys’ U-17 group on the opening day of the Junior Ludhiana District Badminton Championship, organised by the District Badminton Association, Ludhiana, at Shastri Hall near the Guru Nanak Stadium here today.

Manik won the first set 21-16 but Shivay Thapar made a comeback, winning the second game 25-23. In the decider, Manik gained early lead and managed to remain in the game till the end and won it 21-14.

In another absorbing encounter, Kanav Dhingra, after some hiccups, overpowered his spirited opponent Jatin Verma in a three setter. Kanav wrapped up the opening set at 21-18 but lost the next to Jatin 18-21. he bounced back to win the third set 21-14 (2-1).

Results

Boys’ singles (U-17): Jaiwant Singh beat Akshit Narang 24-22, 21-16; Manmeet Singh beat Aryan Bhardwaj 21-13, 21-19; Akshit Sood beat Rishab Jain 24-22.15-21, 21-17; Rajat Budhiraja beat Ayush Narang 21-18, 21-12; Navan Jain beat Arpit Bansal 21-17, 21-11; Manik Sharma beat Shivay Thapar 21-16, 23-25, 21-14; Parth Bansal beat Pardeep Yadav 21-14, 21-13; Yogeshwar Narang beat Nikhal Anand 21-16, 21-16; Samayak Jain beat Aaryan Uppal 21-6, 21-10; Alam beat Tanish 21-15, 21-14; Rajveer beat Vishal 21-9, 21-10; Kanav Dhingra beat Jatin Verma 21-18, 18-21, 21-14 and Vishvas Suri beat Saksham 21-12, 21-14.

Boys’ singles (U-19): Palwinder Singh beat Kapil Puri 21-16, 21-12; Navneet Singh beat Rajpartap Singh 21-13 21-10; Rishab Lamba beat Navan Jain 22-24, 21-16, 21-17; Agrim Kapila beat Samayak Jain 21-14, 21-12; Rajveer Khurana beat Manmeet Singh 25-23, 21-16; Sehaj Bhardwaj beat Amarjeet Singh 21-9, 21-18; Udit Gupta beat Aasit Singh 21-18, 21-8; Akshit Sood beat Jaspreet Singh 23-21, 21-14; and Vishwas Suri beat Simranpreet Singh 21-11, 21-4.