Ishaan beats Agastya to win title

Panchkula, April 3

Ishaan registered a comprehensive 21-8 21-8 victory over Agastya to clinch the boys’ U-17 title in the ongoing 15th Ashwani Gupta Memorial Badminton Championships at Tau Devi Lal Stadium here today.

In the boys’ U-13 competition, Akshay drubbed Abhimanyu Rath 21-6 21-6 to ease into the final where he will meet Vihan, who beat Abhideep 21-18 15-21 21-17.

Ishaan thrashed Vihan 21-4 21-2, while Agastya knocked out Digvijay 21-8 21-9 in the boys’ U-15 semifinals. Ishaan defeated Sangam 21-3 21-4 to set up the title clash with Yuvam in the boys’ U-19 contest. Yuvam registered a 21-10 21-12 win over Aarin in the semifinals.

In girls’ U-15 competition, Ruchi showed the exit door to Vasundra. She won the semifinal 21-0 21-2 and will now face Bhavana in the summit clash. Bhavana trounced Gunjan 21-4 21-3. In boys’ U-13 doubles, Ekalavya and Akshay defeated Yatharth and Ayush 21-8 21-9 in the semifinals, while Jayesh and Vihan registered a 21-11 21-7 win over Ranvijay and Abhimanyu. Digvijay and Varchasv beat Kanav and Raghav 21-13 24-22 to enter the boys’ U-15 doubles final. They will play Kunal and Amanpreet, who beat Abhideep and Akshay 21-17 21-18, in final. In the women’s semis, Devika drubbed Ridhi 21-9 21-9, while Himanshi thrashed Kashish 21-8 21-9. Deepak and Ketan defeated Mayank and Uttiran 21-17 21-12 in the men’s doubles semifinals. Akshit and Ankit also reached the final after beating Nikhil and Sangam 21-7 21-4.

Semifinals

Boys’ U-17 doubles: Agastya/Shaurya bt Kanav/Raghav 21-8 21-9, Aarin/Saksham bt Aditya/Kapish 21-7 21-1

Boys’ U-19 doubles: Yuvam/Shaurya bt Nikhil/Sangam 21-17 21-14, Amit/Kushagra bt Parth Gupta/ Manan Goyal 21-5 21-7

Girls’ U-17 singles: Vineeta bt Urvashi 21-6 21-7, Ruchi bt Nikita 21-11 19-21 21-8. — TNS