Raissa stuns top seed, enters final

Chandigarh, July 16  

Raissa Bhannot defeated second seed Gurmannat Kaur Sandhu to make her way to the girls' U-13 finals in the ongoing 1st Chandigarh State badminton Ranking Championship, at the Sector 38 Sports Complex here today.

Raissa won the first set 21-18, but went down in the next 21-23. In the final set, she played well to log a 21-16 victory. In the boy's U-13 semifinal, top seed Krishna Sharma registered a comeback 14-21 21-16 21-15 win against Aryaman Dhull. He will be facing Rehaan Phutela, who defeated Dakshmeet Singh 15-21 21-17 21-19, in the final. 

Meanwhile, in the girls' U-13 doubles semis, Gurmannat Kaur and Rakshita Pahwa ousted Ahika Sharma and Pratibha 21-3 21-6 while the pair of Jasmeet Kaur and Ojasvi Dhaneshwar of Sector 38 Sports Complex logged a comeback 17-21 21-19 21-16 victory over Avishi Sood and Raisha Bhannot. In the first semis of the boys' U-13 doubles category, top seed Krishna Sharma and Rehaan stunned Aditya Kohli and Suryansh Raghav 14-21 21-16 21-16. In the second semi, Uday Rana and Vaibhav Giri overpowered Dakshmeet Singh and Danish Chopra 17-21 21-19 21-16. 

The duo of Nimar Kaur Virk and Samreen Sandhu won the girls' U-15 doubles semi by defeating second seed Aashna Jagdev and Atulya 21-10 16-21 21-16 in a tough outing. In the second semi, the top seed pair of Kanishka Kalia and Shangunpreet Kaur blanked Gurmannat Kaur and Rakshita Pahwa 21-13 21-13.

Meanwhile, in the boys' U-15 doubles category, the second seed pair of Ashwin Puri and Siddharth Modi made their way into the final by defeating Abhiroop Sarkar and Vaibhav Mehra 21-15 12-21 21-13.

Mili Verma and Vrinda Rana confirmed their berth in the girls' U-17 doubles final by defeating Khwahish Mannotra and Tanvi Gupta 21-11 21-17. They will be facing Jasmine Rawat and Naina Trehan in the final. The second finalist pair overpowered Tanisha Giri and Tishi Giri 21-10 21-16.

Jayan Garg and Udayveer won the first semi of the boys' U-17 doubles category. They defeated the second seed pair of Ishaan Jain and Sarthak Garg 21-17 10-21 21-18. The top seed pair of Hasil Tiwari and Ytharth Madaan also booked their title clash berth by defeating Arjun Parkash and Swapnil Rawat 21-18 21-15.

Samarveer defeats Deepinder in U-15 semi 

In the boys' U-15 category, top seed Samarveer won a tough outing against Deepinder Bawa. Despit losing the first set 22-24, Samarveer returned back to log 21-13 21-16 victory. In the women's semi, second seed Garima Singh defeated Sarushi Kanwar 17-21 21-13 21-12. —TNS 

Results (quarterfinals)  

Girls' U-13 

Rakshita Pahwa bt Ojasvi Dhaneshwar 21-14 21-17, Jasmeet Kaur bt Avishi Sood 21-16 21-15, Raissa Bhannot bt Ridhima Saini 21-12 21-15, Gurmannat Kaur Sandhu bt Kirti 21-7 21-5

Boys' U-13 

Krishna Sharma bt Danish Chopra 21-11 21-13, Aryaman Dhull bt Uday Rana 21-15 19-21 21-15, Dakshmeet Singh bt Prabal Pratap 21-16 21-17, Rehaan Phutela bt Mukul Huda 21-17 21-13

Girls' U-17 

Vrinda bt Naina 21-8 21-10, Jasmine bt Kanishka 21-19 21-18, Mili bt Shangunpreet 21-14 21-10

Girls' U-15  

Aashna Jagdev bt Prachi Joshi 21-9 21-18, Samarveer bt Vaibhav Mehra 21-12 21-15, Deepinder Bawa bt Atishya Saxena 21-8 21-15, Kanishka Kalia bt Rakshita 23-21 21-9, Samreen Kaur bt Jasmeet Kaur 21-11 21-10, Shangunpreet bt Gurmannat Kaur 21-11 21-6

Boys' U-15   

Sarthak Madaan bt Siddharth Modi 21-17 17-21 21-19, Piyush Chuhan bt Jayan Garg 

Boys' U-17 

Dhruv Bansal bt Swapnil Rawat 21-15 21-13, Harshit Gupta bt Hasil Tiwari 22-20 21-12, Samarveer bt Siddharth Modi 21-18 9-21 21-7, Gurbaksh Saini bt Vaibhav Mehra 21-10 21-16

Boys' U-19

Shaurya Mahajan btShaurya Durvedi 21-13 19-21 22-20, Anushrav Garg bt Swapnil Rawat 21-9 21-15, Harshit Gupta bt Hasil Tiwari 22-20 21-18, Gurbaksh Saini bt Dhruv Bansal 21-19 21-19

Girls' U-19 

Nimanpreet Kaur bt Naina Goyat 21-9 21-17, Mili Verma bt Jasmine Rawat 21-11 21-9, Arpita Malik bt Kanishka Kalia 21-13 21-14, Garima Singh bt Rashi Vashisht 23-21 21-17

Men 

Abhishek Saini bt Sahil Kataria 21-18 23-21, Talwinder bt Mamik 21-18 21-16, Sumit Sharma bt  Kevin Wong 10-21 21-18 21-12