Ishita, Abhishek best shuttlers at state championship

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 3

Top seed Ishita of Sector 43 Coaching Centre beat second seed Garima Singh to claim the girls’ U-19 category title on the last day of the State Ranking Badminton Championship at the Sector 7 Sports Complex on Sunday. Ishita lost the first game 17-21 but returned to win the title 21-14 23-21. In the boys’ U-19 category final, Saurya Maddan defeated Shaurya Mahajan 21-9 21-7 to win the title. Dakshmeet Singh won the boys’ U-11 title by defeating Atiksh Thakur 21-15 22-20, while Tanishka Nandal won the girls’ title by defeating Rishima Saini 21-16 21-11. 

Piyush Chauhan beat Akul Malik 21-17 21-5 to win the boys’ U-13 category final, while Shagunpreet Kaur won the girls’ title by registering a 21-13 23-21 win over Rakshita Pahwa. Top seed Arjun Prakash beat Samarveer 16-21 21-18 21-16 in the final of the boys’ U-15 category. In the girls’ final, Mili Verma beat Tania Sharma 21-19 21-13. Sanyam Grover defeated Hasil Tewari 21-13 20-22 21-12 to claim the boys’ U-17 title. inda Rana registered a 17-21 21-15 21-17 win over Arpita Malik in the girls’ final.

Results (doubles) 

• Boys' U-13: Abhiroop/Vaibhav bt Atishya/Piyush 21-9 21-9
• Girls' U-13: Kanishika/Shagunpreet bt Alisha/Atulya 20-22 21-6 21-14
• Boys' U-15:Jiyan/Samarveer Arjun/Siddharth 21-18 17-21 21-11     
• Boys' U-19:Aryan/Paurush bt Shaurya/Shivam 21-10 21-6 
• Girls' U-15: Kanishika/ Shagunpreet bt Mili/ Samreen 23-21 21-18
• Boys' U-17: Gurbakash/Ythrath bt Dhruva/Hasil 23-21 24-22
• Men: Abhishek/Pankaj bt Abhinav/Ashish 23-21 24-22    
• Girls' U-17: Arpita/Mili bt Naina/Vrinda 23-21 21-17
• Girls' U-19: Garima/Ishita bt Akshika/Naina 21-11 21-12
• Women: Garima/Ishita bt Jagriti/Kalwaljeet 21-19 21-17
• Mixed doubles (U-19): Paurush/Naina bt Devesh/Akshita 21-18 21-17
• Mixed doubles:Abhishek/ Kalwaljeet bt Kashish/Jagriti 22-20 22-11