It was the end of the road for the top two seeds among the Girls U-19, who crashed out at different stages of the Yonex Sunrise State U-19 Badminton Selection tournament, organized by GMBA, promoted by Badminton Gurukul and hosted by Willingdon SC.While top seed Yutika Chavan of Pune went down in a tough quarter-final encounter against 7th seed Nishika Gokhe of Nagpur that could have gone either way, second seed Ridheema Sarpate of Nagpur lost to unseeded Yashwi Patel of Pune in straight games in the semis.Nishika was the better player on the day, with enough energy and grit to rally from the loss of the first game and defeat Yutika 18-21, 21-19, 21-17. Nishika then got on to the court again after a couple of hours rest to defeat Mumbai Suburb’s Ketaki Thite 22-20, 21-14 in the semi-finals. She will take on Yashwi for the title, who outplayed second seed Ridheema 21-18, 21-18 in the other semis.There were no such hiccups in the Boys U-19 as the top two seeds played true to their ranking to set up a title clash. Top seed Arjun Aluguvelli of Mumbai Suburbs ended the fine run of Pune’s Aayush Adey, winning a close encounter 24-22, 25-23, while second seed Rutva Sajwan of Nagpur had to dig deep to quell the challenge from Raigad’s Tanay Mehendale 21-17, 9-21, 21-15.In an exciting U-19 boys doubles quarterfinal, fourth seeds Abheek Sharma and Swarit Satpute of Pune rallied back strongly to beat Sairaj Nayse of Nagpur and Mumbai Suburb’s Satya Chauhan 14-21, 21-12, 21-11.ResultsBS U19 (Quarterfinals)Arjun Aluguvelli Mumbai Suburb (1) bt Avadhut Kadam Pune (5)– 22-20, 17-21, 21-14; Rutva Sajwan Nagpur (2) bt Eashwara Uppu Raigad – 21-14, 21-8; Tanay Mehendale Raigad (3) bt Ojas Joshi Pune (6) – 21-19, 21-13; Aayush Adey Pune(13) bt Harshit Mahimkar Greater Mumbai – 21-17, 23-21.SemifinalsArjun Aluguvelli Mumbai Suburb (1) bt Aayush Adey Pune (13) – 24-22, 25-23; Rutva Sajwan Nagpur (2) bt Tanay Mehendale Raigad (3) – 21-17, 9-21, 21-15.GS U19 (Quarterfinals)Nishika Gokhe Nagpur (7) bt Yutika Chavan Pune (1) – 18-21, 21-19, 21-17; Ridheema Sarpate Nagpur (2) bt Dhun Sanghvi Buldhana – 21-12, 21-13; Ketaki Thite Mumbai Suburb bt Sharayu Ranjane Pune – 21-13, 21-11; Yashwi Patel Pune bt Khyati Katre Pune – 19-21, 21-14, 21-12.SemifinalsNishika Gokhe Nagpur (7) bt Ketaki Thite, Mumbai Suburb – 22-20, 21-14; Yashwi Patel, Pune bt Ridheema Sarpate, Nagpur – 21-18, 21-18BD U19 (Quarterfinals)Arjun Birajdar/Aryan Birajdar Thane (1) bt Aditya Poojary /Prasanna Manna Sangli – 21-10, 21-16; Sarthak Nalawade Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar/Shreyas Maslekar Pune bt Avadhut Kadam/Ojas Joshi Pune (2) – 21-17, 22-20; Abheek Sharma/Swarit Satpute Pune (4) bt Sairaj Nayse Nagpur/Satya Chauhan, Mumbai Suburb – 14-21, 21-12, 21-11; Aayush Adey Pune/Tanay Mehendale Raigad bt Adarsh Panjwani Akola/Karan Sawale Buldhana – 21-12, 21-12.SemifinalsArjun Birajdar/Aryan Birajdar Thane (1) bt Abheek Sharma/Swarit Satpute Pune (4) – 21-12, 21-13; Aayush Adey Pune/Tanay Mehendale Raigad bt Sarthak Nalawade Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar/Shreyas Maslekar Pune – 15-21, 21-13, 21-15.GD U19 (Quarterfinals)Sara Salunke Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar/Thea Sheth Greater Mumbai bt Hita Agrawal/Sia Waydande Nashik (1) – 21-14, 18-21, 21-14; Pranjal Shinde Raigad/Yashwi Patel Pune (3) bt Navya Ranka/Shreya Chaudhari Pune – 21-11, 21-19; Sharayu Ranjane/Soyara Shelar Pune bt Dakshayni Patil Kolhapur/Ketaki Thite Mumbai Suburb – 21-9, 21-11; Rutika Kamble Kolhapur/Sharvari Survase Pune bt Prisha Shah Palghar/Saisha Naik Mumbai Suburb – 21-19, 21-14;SemifinalsPranjal Shinde Raigad/Yashwi Patel, Pune (3) bt Sara Salunke Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar/Thea Sheth Greater Mumbai – 21-10, 21-17; Sharayu Ranjane/Soyara Shelar Pune bt Rutika Kamble Kolhapur/Sharvari Survase Pune – 21-8, 21-12.XD U19 (Quarterfinals)Sayaji Shelar/Soyara Shelar Pune bt Prasanna Manna Sangli/Anannya Shinde Washim – 21-17, 23-21; Apurv Davadate Thane/Safa Shaikh Pune bt Ayan Kulkarni Mumbai Suburb/Mrunal Potdar Thane (4) – 21-10, 21-10; Ojas Joshi Pune/Tanvi Gharpure Thane bt Swarit Satpute Pune/Rutika Kamble Kolhapur – 21-13, 21-8; Sanidhya Ekade Thane/Yutika Chavan Pune (2) bt Sarthak Nalawade Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar/Ditisha Somkuwar Nagpur – 21-14, 20-22, 21-18.SemifinalsSanidhya Ekade Thane/Yutika Chavan Pune (2) bt Ojas Joshi Pune/Tanvi Gharpure Thane – 12-21, 21-17, 21-17; Sayaji Shelar/Soyara Shelar Pune bt Apurv Davadate Thane/Safa Shaikh Pune – 21-12, 21-6.
