Jaipur: Rajasthan’s Deshna Jain, Aaradhya Jodha, and Riddhi Batra have qualified for the main draw of the Yonex-Sunrise All India Sub-Junior (U-15 and U-17) Ranking Badminton tournament at the Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium here on Monday.Vardhit and Varshit, from the host state, and Rajasthan’s Manan Sharma and Sai Sohan Kota of Andhra Pradesh pair have also advanced to the main draw.In the fifth and final qualifying round in the U-17 girls singles, Deshna defeated Aarna Karthik of Tamil Nadu 15-11, 15-6, Aaradhya downed Chandana C of Karnataka 15-8, 15-12, while Riddhi overcame a stiff challenge from Delhi’s Bhavika Jaiswal 15-9, 11-15, 15-9 to seal a place in the main draw.
Riddhi Batra overcomes a stiff challenge from Delhi’s Bhavika Jaiswal 15-9, 11-15, 15-9 to seal a place in the main draw in Jaipur on Monday
In the U-17 boys doubles, the pair of Sai Sohan Kota and Manan Sharma thumped Rudra Pratap Singh Rajput and Dipanshu Verma of Delhi 15-3, 15-3, and the duo of Vardit and Varshit edged past Avenil of Karnataka and Kavi Sharma of Madhya Pradesh 17-15, 16-14.In the U-17 boys category, Sairaj Nayse entered the main draw of both singles and doubles. Sairaj of Maharashtra trounced Shubham Solanki of Uttar Pradesh 15-8, 15-12 in singles and in doubles, he along with Luwangamba of Manipur got the better of Rudransh Bhatt and Prithvi Rana of Delhi 15-7, 15-9.In the U-17 boys’ singles, Anshuman Chaudhary of Rajasthan has been ranked 9th, in the Under-15 boys’ singles, Satvik Agarwal has been ranked 13th, in the doubles, Shreyansh Chaudhary and Vayam Lamba have been ranked 2nd, Manan Sharma and Sai Sohan Kota have been ranked 5th.
Aaradhya Jodha beats Chandana C of Karnataka 15-8, 15-12 in the fourth and final qualifying round to enter the U-17 girls singles main draw
In the mixed doubles of the same age group, Manan Sharma and Inayat Gulati of Punjab have been ranked second, and Shreyansh Chaudhary and Padmaja Singh have been ranked fourth.In the U-17 boys’ doubles, Harman Pandit and Kandarp Sharma have been ranked seventh. In the mixed doubles of the same age group, Manan Sharma and Sarayu Ranjane have been ranked 8th.
Chief referee Habib Rehman conducts the draw for the next phase of the tournament on Monday evening in presence of Rajasthan Badminton Association secretary and organising secretary KK Sharma and others
Chief referee Habib Rehman conducted the draw for the next phase of the tournament on Monday evening. Rajasthan Badminton Association secretary and organising secretary KK Sharma, Badminton Asia referee Rajiv Mehta, Badminton Association of India technical officer convener Rajesh Kamal, BAI referee Lokesh Soni, national-level referees Trilok Shukla, Chandrakant Sharma, Vineet Sharma, parents and players were also present.
In the U-17 boys category, Sairaj Nayse of Maharashtra enters the main draw of both singles and doubles in Jaipur on Monday
From Rajasthan, wild card entries were given to Anand Maderana and Yuvraj Singh Shekhawat in the U-15 boys’ singles, Yashvita Mewada and Kiara Goyal in the U-15 girls’ singles, Lokesh Gurjar and Rakshit Singh Mehra in the U-15 boys’ doubles, Yashvita Mewada and Khushi Sharma in the girls’ doubles and Anand Maderana and Yashvita Mewada in the mixed doubles and in the U-17 boys’ singles, Shreyansh Chaudhary and Kandarp Sharma, Nehal Sisodiya and Kavya Joshi in the girls’ singles, Rudraksh Middha and Utkarsh Singh Rathore in the boys’ doubles, Aaradhya Jodha and Deshna Jain in the girls’ doubles and Rudraksh Middha and Danika Karel in the mixed doubles.
