Ludhiana District Badminton Championship: Gurleen Kaur, Shenaya Chadha to vie for title

Sports Correspondent

Ludhiana, September 5

Gurleen Kaur and Shenaya Chadha outwitted their opponents in the semifinals to set up a title clash in the girls U-13 section on the second day of the Ludhiana District Badminton Championship being organised by the District Badminton Association at Shastri Hall near Guru Nanak Stadium here on Sunday.

In the first semifinal, Gurleen Kaur faced a little challenge from Upneet Kaur and stitched up victory easily 21-8, 21-12 whereas the second match between Shenaya Chadha and Prabhnoor Kaur turned out to be a battle of nerves in which the former came out triumphant 14-21, 21-14 and 23-21 to advance into the summit clash.

Meanwhile, in the girls’ U-17 category, Arunima Pal, Saanvi Nutiyal, Tarishi Singla and Tia Mahajan won their respective matches to make it to the semifinals.

Results

Girls’ singles U-17 (quarter-finals): Arunima Pal bt Vaasvi Singal 21-14, 21-17; Saanvi Nautiyal bt Tarisha Mahajan 21-9, 18-21, 21-14; Tarishi Singla bt Anupama 21-18, 18-21, 21-9 and Tia Mahajan bt Alisha Pathania 22-20, 21-15.

Boys’ singles (U-17): Akshat Maithani bt Arham Kochhar 21-3, 21-3; Ranveer Singh got walk against Bismaad Singh; Jasraj Singh bt Jatin Arora 21-10, 21-6; Udit Chugh bt Ryan Sood 21-14, 26-24; Krish Chadha bt Keshav 21-6, 21-8; Awtar Singhj bt Hargun Singh 21-16, 19-21, 22-20; Pratham Soob bt Aryan Soi 21-16, 21-9; Vaibhav Goswami bt Naman Narang 21-16, 21-9; Shriyas Takkar bt Gurkirat Singh 21-8, 21-13; Rajveer Singh Yadav bt Vansh Sharma 21-14, 21-6; Prabhjot Singh bt Varinderjeet Singh 21-9, 21-3; Milan Malhotra bt Gursharan Singh 21-9, 21-9; Jaskaran Singh bt Anshdeep Singh 21-3, 21-2; Tanmay Tomar bt Aditya Jaiswal 21-8, 21-9; Dhiren Sharma bt Suparn Saini 21-8, 21-8 and Yogeshwar Narang bt Samrath Goel 21-8, 21-8.

Men’s doubles: Mitaksh Gandhi and Lakshay Singal b Vineet and Aneet 21-12, 21-10; Anuj Dhand and Ankit Goel bt Arshveer Singh and Ravinder Singh 21-5, 21-8; Anand Tiwari and Lakshay Sharma bt Sanjeev Vohra and Raghav Aggarwal 21-23, 21-12, 21-13; Sachin Maurya and Gurpreet Singh bt Onkarjeet Birdi and Suresh Sood 21-15, 21-12; Naveen Sharma and Gurjot Singh bt Sahil and Jaswinder 21-19, 21-19; Vakul Sharma and Hakam Singh bt Nishit and Rajat Budhiraja 21-15, 212-23, 21-16; Rawel Singh and Harshdeep Singh bt Yuvraj and Pritish 21-14, 21-7; and Sannidhya Nautiyal and Vishwas Suri bt Sadik and Mehar 21-2, 21-10.

Boys’ singles U-13: Stavan Jain bt Kanishk Chauhan 21-8, 21-6; Madhav bt Kovit Arora 21-8, 21-7; Kartik Kalra bt Kesar Singh 21-18, 14-21, 24-22; Abhijot bt Yashveer Nagpal 21-7, 21-12; Aditya Sharma beat Waryam Singh 21-16, 21-13; Wazir Singh beat Nipun 21-3, 21-8; Arnav Negi bt Suryavansh 21-7, 21-10; and Raghav Bhatia bt Dhaiya Sharma 21-4, 21-6.

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