Ravi to lead India in Dutch, German Junior Open

Chandigarh, February 1

Haryana’s Ravi and Lucknow’s Mansi Singh will lead a 16-member Indian squad in the upcoming junior international Grand Prix tournaments in the Netherlands and Germany, Badminton Association of India (BAI) said today.

The Dutch Junior International will be held from February 26 to March 1 in Haarlem, Netherlands, while German Junior will take place from March 4 to 8 in Berlin.

After winning the first selection tournament in Chandigarh and finishing as a runner-up in the second selection tournament in Bangalore, Ravi will look to continue his sterling form in the upcoming championships.

Besides Ravi, the men’s singles squad will also include Bangalore Ranking Tournament champion Harsh Arora, Nagpur’s Rohan Gurbani and Tamil Nadu’s Rithvik Sanjeevi S.

In the girls’ singles, Mansi, who finished at the top in both the selection tournaments, will be keen on continuing her exceptional run in the international circuit.

Besides Mansi, Dubai International Series gold medallist Tasnim Mir and rising stars Aditi Bhatt from Uttarakhand and Utsava Palit from West Bengal will make up the Indian girls’ singles squad.

The pair of Achutaditya Rao Doddavarappu and Edwin Joy will look to impress with their performance along with the pair of Gireesh Nayudu B and Sankarprasad Udaykumar in the boys’ doubles event.

In girls’ doubles, the Uttar Pradesh duo of Shruti Mishra and Shailja Shukla will be spearheading the Indian challenge along with Aditi Bhatt and Tanya Hemant.

Shruti will also be a key contender in the mixed doubles along with partner Edwin Joy. The other pair representing India in the

category will be Sankarprasad Udaykumar and Treesa Jolly. — TNS/PTI