Jaipur: Rashi Singhal, Jiyana, Geetanshi Tank and Kavya Saini stormed into the Under-11 girls singles semifinals in the RD Baheti Memorial Jaipur District Open Badminton Championship 2026 at the SMS Stadium Indoor Badminton Hall here on Wednesday.In the quarter-finals all the four shuttlers recorded straight-game victories to seal last-4 berths. Rashi defeated Malvika 15-6, 15-9, Jiyana thumped Aarna Joshi 15-5, 15-10, Geetanshi downed Jeetha Sharma 15-8, 15-7, while Kavya got the better of Bhavika 15-12, 15-7.Padmaja Singh, Ojaswita Dubey, Riddhi Sethia, Tanishka Sharma, Miraya Fageria, Khushi Sharma, Pearl Parikh, and Riddhi Batra advanced to the U-15 girls singles quarterfinals.In the Under-17 girls’ singles category too Padmaja and Riddhi Sethia made it to the semis along with Advita Sharma.Apart from this, two rounds of Under-11 boys singles, four rounds of U-15 boys singles and four rounds of U-17 boys singles categories were also played.The Jaipur District Badminton Association secretary Manoj Dasot congratulated the players who reached the semi-finals of the U-11 girls singles category and wished them a bright future.Organising secretary Atul Gupta said that on Thursday, singles matches for the Under-11, Under-13, Under-15, and Under-17 boys and girls categories will be played. Along with this, matches for the Under-17 mixed doubles competition will also be held.
