Hosts should have handled it: BAI official

Mohali, July 2

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The proceedings at the All- India Sub-Junior Ranking Tournament restarted a day after parents took over the courts in protest against Badminton Association of India (BAI) officials and organisers of the tournament. The parents were pacified by BAI general secretary Sanjay Mishra, who reached at the venue early morning.

“This problem could have solved by the organisers. All they had to do is to pacify the parents and inform them about the reality. However, the contrary happened, and they (parents) were instigated,” claimed Mishra. “Things don’t change overnight. We are not denying any wrongdoing, but there has to be a way. We could have cancelled this championship and also the coming two events, but we didn’t as it will be a complete loss for players. We cannot accept two medical certificates from two different government hospitals. Even the court says that only one medical is valid. The age-fraud proof of two players has been submitted and their identification cards have been deactivated. The committee will take the final call on the ban. The parents also did wrong by stopping the match, but they needed to be handled. Closing venue’s lights and allowing parents to confront tournament referee was no solution,” added Mishra.

After Mishra’s sessions with parents, the tournament restarted. “The tournament was not forcibly given to the Punjab Badminton Association. If they have asked for it, they should have handled it. The parents may have several complaints; it’s the officials’ duty to address those. The association must have their internal conflicts, but the BAI should not be blamed for it,” he added.

Lakshmi moves ahead

Meanwhile, Lakshmi Supriya Rao defeated Sri Sloka Katam Reddy 21-11 21-10 to moved ahead in the girls’ U-13 category. Diksha SR ousted Ridhima Saini 21-16 21-13, Sneha Kumar defeated Khyati Katre 21-14 21-5 and Shreya Tripathi outplayed Vainavi Thaduri 21-14 21-16. Kerala’s Aagamya Rajeshri Jayan defeated Tanushree Honawad 21-17 21-15, Haryana’s Gauri Kalla defeated Avni Makhloga 21-17 21-3 and Nishanth Bhukya outplayed Akhil Reddy Boba 21-19 21-19.

In the boys’ U-13 category, Abhishek Bonu marched ahead by defeating Jashwanth Mahamkali 21-12 21-16 and Samarth Vashist outplayed Siddharth Hegde 24-22 21-14. Vedansh Negi defeated Sivacharann Ganesan 21-15 16-21 21-19, Vedant Pahwa outplayed Shaurya Yadav 21-13 21-5, Shaurya Singh Rana defeated Taabin Anuf Ahamed 21-10 15-21 21-11 and Riyan Malhan defeated Aarav Pratap Singh 21-13 21-8. — TNS

Results (U-13 Boys)

Yash Gaurav Sinha bt Medhansh Sharma 21-12 21-9, Aaryan Bhatt bt Aarush Pawaskar 16-21 21-9 21-11, Yogeshwaran S bt Adam Jeslin 22-20 21-18, Arnav Sharma bt Viraj Sharma 21-16 21-10, BS Venkatesh Yagnadath Dhonti bt Swarnim Rana 15-21 21-19 21-19, J Pranith Barathy bt Aarav Sharma 21-16 21-13, Tanmainihal Uttam bt Chinmay Krishna Nimmagadda 21-7 21-15, Pushkar Sai bt Hridya Raj Chauhan 21-13 21-17, Girivasan Saravana Kumar bt Rudransh Joshi 21-11 21-9, Wazir Singh bt Tanish Choksi 21-19 21-11, Shashank Vanamala bt Akhilesh Goud Somagani 18-21 21-14 21-9, Rishav Ngangom bt Thrishan Kumar M 21-9 21-8, Srikar Revanur bt Shaunak Akotkar21-14 21-15, Nikhil Jaikumar bt Edward Adrien 21-18 15-21 21-16, Karansh Naidu BT Ishant Raj 21-6 17-21 21-17, Sairaj Nayse bt Udayan Deshmukh 18-21 21-12 23-21.