NAVELIM: Abhinav Garg, Tanvi Reddy Andluri, Tushar Suveer and Sreshta Reddy K. each won singles title as the curtains came down on the Yonex-Sunrise All India Sub-Junior (U15 & 17) Ranking Badminton Tournament 2022 at Navelim-South Goa on Saturday.
Karnataka’s Tushar Suveer (seeded 11), scored a thrilling win in the first final of the day, overcoming Maharashtra’s Pranay Shettigar (seeded 3) in two closely-fought games to win the Under-17 boys singles title. Tushar who had earlier knocked out top seed Sanskar Saraswat and number 4 seed Dhruv Negi, continued his giant-killing act to win the final 21-18, 23-21 in 48 minutes. The girls singles final was an edgy roller-coaster ride, where Telengana’s Sreshta Reddy K. defeated Haryana girl Jiya Rawat (7) 21-14, 16-21, 21-17 in 58 minutes.
In U-15 boys singles title clash, 9th-seed Karnataka’s Abhinav Garg had to fight hard to prevail over his compatriot Prateek Koundilya (2) in an edge-of-the-seat thriller that lasted 58 minutes. He won 20-22, 24-22, 21-18 to walk away with the title. In the girls singles final, Telengana’s Tanvi Reddy Andluri (seeded 5) succeeded in causing an upset when she beat top seed Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye (1) of Maharashtra, 21-17 21-16 in 39 minutes to bag the title.
The Under-15 boys doubles was a showdown between the two top doubles pairs of the tournament. In one of the most awaited contests of the day, Telengana’s Showrya Kiran J. and Gnana Dattu, seeded number two, defeated top seeds Bjorn Jaison and Aathish Sreenivas P.V. from Kerala 21-19, 21-14 to secure the doubles title in 30 minutes.
The Under-17 boys doubles on the other hand, was a see-saw battle that went the whole distance. After battling hard for 55 minutes, Tamil Nadu brother duo of Dev Ayyappan and Dhiren Ayyappan defeated Arsh Mohammad, UP, and Sanskar Saraswat, Rajasthan, 10-21, 21-18, 21-16 in three sets to secure an upset win over the 8th seeds.
Both the Mixed Doubles in Under-15 and U-17 age-categories, went the identical three-game way. Uttarakhand’s Suryaksh Rawat and Aanya Bisht, seeded 2, faced stiff resistance from Mohmmad Ali Mir, Gujarat, and Tanvi Sharma, Punjab, before prevailing to a 21-17, 13-21, 21-12 in U-15 category. In U-17 XD title clash, Arulmurugan R. and Srinidhi N., of TN, defeated Pranay Shettigar of Maharashtra and Ellora Koner (Telangana) 16-21 21-16 21-18 to win the title.
The girls doubles Under-15 title was won by Delhi duo of Anushka Golash and Drishti Waldia, seeded three, who upset Medhavi Nagar and Baruni Parshwal (1) of Haryana 21-17, 21-12. Tamil Nadu pair of Srinidhi N. and Pravandhika R. secured the girls U-17 doubles title with a comfortable 21-13, 21-15 win over Taarini Suri and Shravani Walekar, a pair from Maharashtra.
Navelim MLA Ullas Yashwant Tuenkar, Margao MLA Digambar Kamat, GBA officials Narahar Thakur (President), Sandeep Heble (Secretary), K N Jaiswal (BAI Observer), Vinayak Kamat (Technical Advisor), Manoj Patil (North Goa District President) and Vivek Saraf (Referee) graced the finals among others.
The eight-day national sub-junior ranking tournament – second of the back-to-back all-India ranking event following the junior (U-19) tournament held earlier; was organised by Goa Badminton Association under the aegis of Badminton Association of India, and in collaboration with North Goa District Badminton Association and the Sports Authority of Goa.
Following are the sub-junior finals results:
Boys Singles Under 15
Abhinav Garg (9), KTK, def. Prateek Koundilya (2), KTK, 20-22 24-22 21-18 .
Girls Singles Under 15
Tanvi Reddy Andluri (5), TS, def. Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye (1), MAH, 21-17 21-16
Boys Doubles Under 15
Showrya Kiran J. and Gnana Dattu T.T 92)., TS, def. Bjorn Jaison and Aathish Sreenivas P.V. (1), KER, 21-19 21-14 .
Girls Doubles Under 15
Anushka Golash and Drishti Waldia (3), DLI, def. Medhavi Nagar and Baruni Parshwal (1), HAR, 21-17 21-12 .
Mixed Doubles Under 15
Suryaksh Rawat and Aanya Bisht (2), UTR, def. Mohmmad Ali Mir, GUJ, and Tanvi Sharma (2), PNB, 21-17 13-21 21-12 .
Boys Singles Under 17
Tushar Suveer (11), KTK, def. Pranay Shettigar (3), MAH, 21-18 23-21 .
Girls Singles Under 17
Sreshta Reddy K., TS, def. Jiya Rawat (7), HAR, 21-14 16-21 21-17 .
Boys Doubles Under 17
Dev Ayyappan and Dhiren Ayyappan, TN, def. Arsh Mohammad, UP, and Sanskar Saraswat (8), RAJ, 10-21 21-18 21-16 .
Girls Doubles Under 17
Srinidhi N. and Pravandhika R., TN, def. Taarini Suri and Shravani Walekar, MAH, 21-13 21-15 .
Mixed Doubles Under 17
Arulmurugan R. and Srinidhi N., TN, def. Pranay Shettigar, MAH, and Ellora Koner, TS, 16-21 21-16 21-18 .
