Jalandhar’s Manthan moves into next U-17 round in north zone badminton tourney

Jalandhar’s Manthan Dogra defeated Haryana’s Lavneet Rana 16-14, 15-9 to qualify for the next round of the boys’ U-17 category during the opening day of the North Zone Cash Prize Tournament organised by the Chandigarh Badminton Association at the Sector 38 sports complex.

Tanush Prashar also moved ahead by defeating Keshav 15-3, 15-6, while Arnav Goyal of ABC Club, Patiala, defeated Darshan Shikhwal of Sharma Academy 15-2, 15-7. In other one-sided games, Hitesh Saini of Yamunanagar ousted Shashank Malik 15-1, 15-0 of TSBA, Shreyansh Dhaiya defeated Gurnoor Singh Virdi of PNB 15-10, 15-8, Harshdeep Singh of Hoshiarpur defeated Vaibhav Pal 15-6, 15-2 and Hardik Swami of Sector 34 centre defeated Uppal Anhad 15-6, 15-12. Nikhil Verma of PNB faced a tough time in defeating Naman 18-20, 15-11, 15-8, while Gurbaksh Singh Bhullar recorded a comeback 14-16, 15-8, 15-6 win over Hardik.

Bhavik defeated Guneet 15-12, 16-14, Vansh Sood outplayed Adhiraaj Singh 17-15, 15-7 and Shouryaveer defeated Nikhil 15-7, 15-3 and Sujal Singla defeated Ankit Vishwakarma 15-11, 15-10. Viraj Gupta moved ahead in the boy’s U-13 event by defeating Saksham Tomar 15-3, 15-9, while Vyom managed to defeat Ludhiana’s Vanshil Gupta 15-5, 13-15, 15-7.

Prabhav Parashar lost the first set 14-16, but bounced back 15-6, 15-12 to win against Swaransh Jumiyal, while Yuvan Bansal defeated Aarav 15-1, 15-10. Sartaj Singh ousted Mohali’s Daiwick Bansal 15-5, 15-5, and Darsh defeated Dhairya Bhardwaj 15-9, 15-5. Karmanjot Singh also moved into the next round by defeating Anav Mahajan 15-6, 15-10, while Aaryan registered a 15-12, 18-16 win over Lakshith Rewar. Gurfateh Singh also logged win over Harsimar Singh with a margin of 15-11, 15-9.

In the boys’ U-11 category, Pranjay Saini defeated Vrehaan Jaswal 15-1, 15-5, Teghbir Singh ousted Parv Vashisht 15-7, 15-10 and Samarveer recorded 15-9, 15-10 win over Agamjot Singh. Vedant Kawatra defeated Jaskirat Singh Chahal 15-4, 15-12 and Madhav Jagga won his match against Arry 15-12, 12-15, 15-12.

Aadya Singh Meena won the girls’ U-13 qualifier by defeating Sunder Kaur 15-3, 15-10, and Ramyra Gauba defeated Manasvi Sharma 15-6, 15-3. Omisha Bhardwaj defeated Chandigarh’s Viranshi Sood 15-11, 15-8, and Nimrat Kaur Mann of Jalandhar defeated Ludhiana’s Tania Dhiman 15-11, 15-9. Local contender Pari marched into the next round by defeating Navsheen Kaur 15-9, 15-2, and Divisha Wadhera defeated Bhavkirat Kaur 15-8, 15-8. Ashwika defeated Japman Kaur 15-9, 15-9 and Navya Janghu posted a hard-earned win over Shanvi Sharma 11-15, 15-10, 17-15.

Paavni Gupta won the girls’ U-17 qualifier by defeating Aadya 15-13, 15-10 and Kashvi defeated Shruti 15-13, 15-12. Vaani Panchal cleared the round of 64 by defeating Jot Parkash Kaur 15-4, 15-3, while Priyanshi Choudhary of Jaipur won against Aunika Duggal 8-15, 15-11, 16-14. Jivika Sohlot defeated local challenger Kushmanjot Kaur 15-3, 15-4.

In the U-15 category, Karnal’s Unnati defeated Ravya Dhiman of Dharamsala 15-8, 15-13, and Bhavika logged 15-6, 15-6 win over Japman Kaur. Tanishka Pant ousted Vrinda Singh 15-0, 15-3, and Mannat Kaur of Patiala defeated Manmeet Kaur 15-8, 15-10. Represneting the hosts, Riddhima defeated Vaani 15-10, 15-12, Jasneet Kaur ousted Deepti 4-15, 15-12, 15-13 and Ananya stunned Amayra with a 18-16, 13-15, 15-9 comeback win.