NAVELIM: Goa’s Harsh Mane was one of the few local talents to impress at the ongoing Yonex-Sunrise All India Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament 2022 Goa at the Manohar Parrikar indoor stadium here in South Goa.
Competing in the U-19 nationals, the 14-year-old Harsh, who is a Under-15 player; registered a skillful 15-6, 15-13 victory over Amuk Tyagi in the third round on Saturday. However, Harsh could not repeat the result on Sunday afternoon as he went down fighting 10-15, 14-16 to Raja Venkat Suryaneni in the fourth round of the qualifiers; and with that came to an end the talented Goan’s bid to make it to the singles Main Draw, that starts on Monday afternoon.
“Harsh played incredibly well to reach Round 4, competing in Under-19 age-group – two categories above his own. The Margao boy who is one of Goa and India’s brightest young talents in the U-15 age-group, demonstrated great composure, skill and temperament to give indication of his massive potential and the bright future that lies ahead. Well played Harsh,” Goa Badminton Association secretary Sandeep Heble told www.Livenewsgoa.com.
Earlier in the morning today, Abhishek Swamy suffered 8-15, 8-15 defeat to Ishant Sehrawat in the fourth round.
Over in the mixed doubles event first round, Yash Desai and Pratishtha Shenoy went down 8-15, 7-15 to Shashank Kulal and Sophia Simon; Chirag Mahale-Janhavi Virnodkar lost 8-15, 11-15 to Ashmit Singh-Muskan Yadav. Aryaman Saraf and Sriya Saraf, who got a first-round bye, went down fighting 8-15, 12-15 to Vatsal Soman-Gauri Chitte.
In the doubles event, the Harsh Mane-Advaith Reddy Pochana duo lost in the first round 8-15, 10-15 against Ajay Karthik Manchala and Dheemanth Ramavath; Chirag Mahale-Abhishek Swamy lost 11-15, 5-15 to Kaanchan J-Adhithya Ragavendar; Shrijay Naik-Pravin Rathod went down 11-15, 9-15 to Venkata Mounish-Mohith Kumar.
Among other singles entrants, Yash Desai lost to Charan Ganesh A 5-15, 6-15; Pranav Naik lost to Darpan Sane 4-15, 2-15; Pratishtha Shenoy was beaten 4-15, 4-15 by Aalisha Naik; Riya Haldankar was beaten 8-15, 7-15 by Agshatha Aravindan; Trisha Bidye lost to Kripi Sajwan 7-15, 7-15; in the first round.
