Vaidhavi, Arnav emerge victorious at junior state carrom championship

Vaidhavi Mamgain posted a 21-6 18-5 win over Ayesha to win the girls’ junior title on the penultimate day of the 34th Chandigarh State Carrom Tournament at St Stephen’s School in Sector 45 here today. In semifinals, Vaidhavi defeated Aashia 20-0 20-0, while Ayesha overpowered Shayna Parveen 17-9 15-1.

In the boys’ junior title clash, Arnav Bahuguna outclassed Keshav Tushar 13-0 18-15. In semis, Tushar recorded a comeback 4-17 17-2 12-9 win over Abhinav Sharma, and Bahuguna overpowered Inderjeet Singh 7-6 8-12 21-0.

In the men’s singles quarterfinals, Himanshu Shekhar easily overpowered Abhinav Sharma 25-0 17-2 and Paras Arora blanked Amandeep Batra 25-13 20-15. Mohamed Talib defeated Deepak Bisht 24-10 25-2 and Sudhir Sidhu defeated Deepak 15-18 16-13 19-15. In the women’s quarterfinals, Nidhi Gupta ousted Shayna Parveen 25-0 25-0 and Sangini Mamgain defeated Aashia 25-5 25-6. Ayesha won the last match by defeating Maryam 15-20 18-17 23-10.

Mohammed Sameer won the boys’ sub-junior quarterfinals by defeating Mukteshwar Singh 20-0 10-1. Imraan defeated Priyansh Mittal 0-8 7-2 8-0 and Mohamed Armaan defeated Devansh Goyal 21-0 18-3. Advik ousted Tanishq Badoni 8-2 9-4 in the last match.

In the girls’ sub junior event, Kashika Verma cleared the quarterfinal round by defeating Advika 2-0 6-1 and Mudra stunned Kavya Verma with a 11-0 14-0 verdict. Samaira Madaan also moved into the next round by defeating Gurleen Kaur 5-2 5-1 and Khushi Aggarwal defeated Shanaya 21-0 21-3.