Goa’s Aswin Mannambalath and Sufiya Shaikh registered a convincing 15-5, 15-7 victory over Andhra Pradesh’s Roshan Pottimurthi and Maharashtra’s Niranjanee Deshpande in the Mixed Doubles Under-19 second round of the Yonex-Sunrise G.H. Raisoni Memorial All India Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament 2026 at the Manohar Parrikar Indoor Stadium, Navelim.
In Boys’ Singles Under-19, Sparsh Kolwalkar went down 15-7, 15-8 to Haryana’s Ishan Nandal, while Aswin suffered a narrow three-game defeat against Telangana’s Rahul Sai Saindla, losing 15-10, 12-15, 15-11. Goa’s Sparsh Kolwalkar and Sudhanva Udupa lost 7-15, 4-15 to Maharashtra’s Swarit Satpute and Abheek Sharma in Boys’ Doubles, while Shane D’Souza and Arnav Saraf went down fighting 15-12, 16-14, 11-15 against Delhi’s Priyansh and Yash Sharma.
The Junior ranking tournament has been organised by the Goa Badminton Association along with the North Goa District Badminton Association in aegis with the Badminton Association of India and SAG.
Meanwhile, in other qualification matches, second seed Manku Taku of Arunachal Pradesh edged Maharashtra’s Raghavendra Yadav 15-11, 11-15, 16-14 in Boys’ Singles Under-19, while fourth seed Viren Seth of Punjab defeated Tamil Nadu’s Lakshman R. K. 15-9, 15-5.
In Girls’ Singles Under-19, second seed Rewaraje Verma of Chhattisgarh overcame Maharashtra’s Prisha Shah 15-9, 15-13. Third seed Gargi Saikia of Assam, however, suffered a three-game defeat against Maharashtra’s Pranjal Shinde, going down 8-15, 16-14, 15-13.
Tournament link:
https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/846327ab-4fcd-428f-98c8-deb0a38f0650/Matches
