Top seed Manya powers into U-15 final

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, January 20

On the second day of the District Badminton Championships being played at the Raizada Hansraj Stadium, the under-15 singles girls’ semifinals match between top seeds Liza Taank and Manya Ralhan proved to be a headturner on Wednesday.

The thrilling match started with both Liza and Manya scoring a deuce in the first set. Liza managed to take the lead in the set by going as far as 26-24. A trainee of Ratti Academy, Manya, however, managed to make a good comeback by scoring 21-11. In the third set Liza, who is taking training from Dipankar Academy, again trailed with 11-21, eventually losing the match.

Now, Manya will lineup against Samridhi Bhardwaj on Thursday. Bhardwaj defeated Trisha 21-10 and 21-16 in the second semifinals in the same category.

Another high-voltage performance was witnessed in the mixed doubles match in the U-15 category between Raghav and Liza and siblings Samrath and Samridhi Bhardwaj on the other side. Amid a stiff competition and display of smashes and fast drops, the brother-sister duo folded, losing 22-24 and 20-22. As many as 61 matches were played today, including the semifinals for the doubles and quarterfinals or pre-quarterfinals for the singles matches in U-11, U-13, U-15 and U-17 categories.

Quarterfinals (Boys singles U-11): Viraj bt Arshvir (21-2, 21-7); Fateh bt Ishant (22-20, 21-10); Zorawar bt Aarav (21-4, 21-8); Viren bt Kumar Shaurya (21-16, 21-12)

Quarterfinals (Girls singles U-11): Manya Ratti bt Yashika (21-5, 21-18); Manseerat bt Tanisha (21-6, 21-9); Jaskeerat bt Aradhya (21-14, 21-12); Saanvi bt Shivali (21-6, 21-9)

Semifinals (Boys doubles U-11): Zorawar and Viraj bt Arnav and Pankush (21-7, 21-2); Kumar Shaurya and Viren bt Swayam and Advay (21-3, 21-4)

Semifinals (Girls doubles U-11): Saanvi and Manya Ratti got a bye. Manseerat and Shivali bt Yashika and Japneet (21-10, 21-13)

Pre-quarters (Boys singles U-13): Divyum bt Harman (21-9, 21-13); Vansh bt Saksham (21-18, 21-14); Danish bt Aakarsh (21-13, 21-18); Viraj bt Aditya (21-3, 21-4); Samrath bt Tanish (21-5, 21-7); Geetansh bt Arman (21-11, 21-9); Ashwin bt Kumar Shaurya (21-11, 21-6); Kunwar Arora bt Shivansh Puri (21-7, 21-9)

Quarterfinals (Girls singles U-13): Unnati bt Yashika (21-3, 21-0); Janya Kochhar bt Manseerat (21-15, 21-11); Gauri beat Akshita (21-6, 21-9); Saanvi bt Shivali (21-12, 21-18)

Semifinals (Boys doubles U-13): Achyut and Shivansh got bye; Kunwar Arora and Ashwin bt Tanish and Aakarsh (21-17, 21-12); Prathamnoor and Geetansh bt Vansh and Heavanjit (18-21, 21-17, 21-14)

Semifinals (Girls doubles U-13): Unnati and Gauri got a bye; Saanvi and Manya Ratti bt Janya and Akshita (21-7, 21-18)

Pre-quarters (Boys singles U-15): Ishan bt Krish (21-1, 21-0); Samrath bt Divyum (21-0, 21-3); Achyut bt Vansh (21-9, 21-9); Raghav bt Garv (21-14, 21-9); Divyum bt Danish (21-14, 21-14); Abhishek bt Prabal (21-14, 21-20); Kunal bt Prathamnoor (21-10, 21-12); Hemang bt Manrajbir (21-13, 21-16)

Semifinals (Girls singles U-15): Manya bt Liza Taank (24-26, 21-11, 21-11); Samridhi bt Trisha (21-10, 21-16)

Quarterfinals (Boys U-15): Divyum and Ishant bt Ashwin and Prabal (21-6, 21-12); Abhishek and Yaksh Arora bt Garv and Anish (21-15, 22-20); Achyut and Shivansh bt Kunal and Riyan (21-17, 21-16); Himang and Raghav bt Utsavdeep and Divyum (21-4, 21-2)

Mixed Doubles U-15: Raghav and Liza beat Samrath and Samridhi Bhardwaj (24-22, 22-20)

Pre-quarters (Boys singles U-17): Ankit bt Bhavneet (21-7, 21-5); Divyang bt Raghav (21-9, 21-19); Divjot bt Nishant (21-16, 19-21, 21-14); Ishan bt Aryan (21-8, 21-8)