Bharat, Unnati emerge badminton champions

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, November 10

Gurugram’s Bharat Raghav returned from a game down to defeat Rohtak’s Raman in the boys’ U-19 final on the concluding day of the Haryana State Junior Badminton Championship at Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Sector 3 here today.

Raghav logged (16-21, 21-11 and 21-14) win over his rivals. Rohtak’s Unnati Hooda also faced a tough fight from Panchkula’s Devika Sihag before registering (21-18, 16-21 and 21-16) win in the girls’ U-19 title clash.

In the boys’ U-17 final, Manraj Singh of Faridabad defeated Sonipat’s Gagan (21-14 and 21-13), while Unnati won the girls’ U-17 final as Muskan Sangwan (3-1) conceded the match.

In the mixed doubles’ U-19 final, Pankaj/Ridhi Kaur defeated Anshul Budhwar/Chitwan Khatri (21-16 and 21-14), whereas the team of Palak Arora/Unnati won the girls’ U-17 doubles’ final by defeating Muskan Sangwan/Sheena (21-10 and 21-11).

In the girls’ U-19 doubles’ final, Palak Arora/Unnati defeated Devika/Ridhi Kaur (21-18, 22-24 and 21-19) and Aman Sindhu/Anshul Budhwar ousted Aryan Hooda/Pankaj (19-21, 21-19 and 21-19) in the boys’ U-19 doubles final.

In the U-17 mixed doubles’ final, Aaryan Sapiah/Jiya Rawat defeated Sunny Nehra/Muskan Sangwan (21-16, 18-21 and 21-12). Randeep/Sunny Nehra won the boys’ U-17 doubles’ final by defeating Ishan Rohilla/Mohit (21-17 and 21-12).

Earlier, in the girls’ U-19 semis, Unnati defeated Jiya Rawat (21-10 and 21-7) and Devika ousted Aafreen (21-15 and 21-10). In the girls’ U-17 semis, Unnati defeated Anmol Kharb (21-19 and 21-11) and Muskan defeated Jiya Rawat (23-21, 7-21 and 21-11).