Naishaa of Maharashtra emerges winner in sub-junior ranking badminton tourney

Chandigarh, January 9

Maharashtra’s Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye registered a brilliant comeback win over Delhi’s Anwesha Gowda to bag the girls’ U-15 title, on the concluding day of the First Ashwani Gupta Memorial All India Sub- Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament at Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Sector 3, today.

Naishaa lost the first game 17-21, but only to register 21-14 21-16 return in the title clash. Delhi’s Vansh Dev stunned top seed Devang Tomar 21-13 21-6 to win the boys’ U-15 final. In the boys’ U-15 doubles final, Bjorn Jaison and Aathish Sreenivas PV defeated Sanrekh Kumar Chaurasia and Kapil Salouniya 21-13 22-20.

Medhavi Nagar and Baruni Parshwal won the girls’ U-15 doubles title by defeating Tanvi Reddy Andluri and Durga Isha Kandrapu 21-15 21-19.

In the U-17 mixed doubles final, Mayank Rana and Palak Arora registered a 21-8 21-13 win over Bhargav Ram Arigela and Pragati Parida. Rakshitha Sree S won the girls’ U-17 final by defeating Aishani Tiwari 21-18 21-17. The pair of Suryaksh Rawat and Aanya Bisht won the U-15 mixed doubles final by defeating Ritom Howbora and Bhavishya Changmai 18-21 21-19 21-19.

In the girls’ U-17 doubles final, Navya Kanderi and Rakshitha faced a tough resistance from Palak Arora and Unnati Hooda before recording a 23-25 21-11 21-19 win.

In the boys’ U-17 final, top seed Sanskar Saraswat defeated third seed Numair Shaik 21-9 21-13. Divyam Arora and Mayank Rana won boys’ U-17 doubles title by logging a 21-14 21-17 win over Nicholas Nathan Raj and Tushar Suveer. — TNS