Ludhiana District Badminton Tounrey: Amelia Bhakoo, Ananya Nijawan set up U-15 title clash
Our Sports Correspondent
Ludhiana, JULY 14
Amelia Bhakoo and Ananya Nijawan logged comfortable victories in their respective semi-finals to set up the title clash in the girls’ singles U-15 category in the ongoing Ludhiana District Badminton Tournament being organised by the District Badminton Association, Ludhiana, at Shastri Hall near Guru Nanak Stadium here on Sunday.
Amelia outperformed Khushi Tiwari in straight sets 21-11, 21-5 and Ananya overpowered Aadhira Gupta 21-11, 21-8 to secure berths in the summit clash.
Amelia also made it to the final in the girls’ doubles U-15 section as she, in association with Upneet Kaur trounced Saanvi Aggarwal and Gurmanpreet Kaur 21-5, 21-3 and stormed into the final where they would clash with Tania Dhiman and Samira Aggarwal who edged out Anishka Tholatu and Rakshita 21-10, 21-12.
Other results (semi-finals):
Men’s singles: Vakul Sharma beat Krishav Kaplish 21-17, 21-18 and Jasraj Singh beat Ishaan Sharma 21-15, 23-25 and 21-10.
Women’s singles: Arunima Pal beat Ramandeep Kaur 21-14, 21-19 and Saanvi Nautiyal beat Anupama 21-16, 21-18.
Men’s doubles: Vakul Sharma and Hakam Singh beat nitish Chopra and Rajat Budhiraja 21-9, 21-16; Jasraj Singh and Tanmay Tomar beat Pratham Sood and Gurpreet Singh 19-21, 21-18 and 21-13.
Women’s doubles: Arunima Pal and Saanvi Nautiyal beat Yashika Gupta and Gauri 21-9, 21-10; Manit Mahajan and Trisha Mahajan beat Ramandeep Kaur and Arya Negi 21-16, 23-21.
Boys’ singles (U-17): Ishaan Sharma beat Dhiren Sharma 21-11, 21-17 and Kartik Kalra beat Raghav Bhatia 21-10, 22-20.
Girls’ singles (U-17): Prabhnoor Kaur beat Anishka Tholatu 21-10, 21-11 and Manpreet Kaur beat Rakshita 21-9, 21-10.
Boys’ singles (U-15): Vihaan Bansal beat Agam Bhalla 22-20, 18-21 and 23-21, Satwik Bhatia beat Prabhdeep Singh 21-10, 21-13.
