Goemkarponn Desk
PEDDEM: Top seeds in Boys Under 17 Doubles , Bjorn Jaison and Aathish Sreenivas P.V. (KER)[1] registered an exciting 21-11, 23-21 win over Shriyansh Jena and Subhraketan (ORI) to head into the quarterfinals of the Yonex – Sunrise All India Sub Junior Badminton Ranking Tournament 2024 at Goa. Tanvi Reddy Andluri (Telengana)[1] defeated Haasana Sree Mallavarapu (AP) 21-11, 21-13 to seal her place in Girls Singles U17 Quarters. In Boys singles U17, Suryaksh Rawat (UTR)[2] defeated Divyam Sachdeva[14] (PNB) 21-11, 21-15 to march into the quarters. Organized by Goa Badminton Association under the aegis of the Badminton Association of India and in collaboration with the Sports Authority of Goa, the tournament witnessed fierce competition among budding badminton talents from across the nation who are battling for top honours and selection in the National Centre of excellence in Assam.
Other Important results of Round of 16 matches held on Day 6.
Boys Doubles U17
Nishchal Chand and Suryaksh Rawat (UTR) bt H. V.+N. Yandra[2] 21-19, 21-8
Arjun Birajdar and Aryan Birajdar (MAH) bt Jangjeet Singh Kajla+Arnav 21-13, 21-15
Mixed Doubles Under 17
Bjorn Jaison (Kerala) and Varna P. (TN)[7] defeated Dhyan Santosh and Disha Santosh from Karnataka 21-18, 21-14
K. Mohammed and D. Devanaboina (AP)[3] bt Amith Raj Natraj and Suhina Roy (KTK)21-17, 18-21, 21-19
Girls Singles U17
Tanvi Patri (ORI) (HAR) Medhavi Nagar[4] 21-10, 21-17
Lakshya Rajesh (KTK) (TS) Praanjala Nisarga 21-18, 21-13
Garima Kundu (HAR)[6] (GUJ) Ayati Dubey[16] 21-19, 21-13
Baruni Parshwal (HAR)[7] bt Jananika R.[9] (PY) 21-7, 21-11
Adarshini Shri N.B. (TN)[2] bt Dianka Waldia[11] (DLI) 21-18, 21-18
Boys Singles U17
Dev Ruparelia (MAH)[3] (UTR) Shaurya Agarwal 21-17, 21-19
Dhyan Santosh (KTK)[16] (AP) Mahendra Kalahasthi[5] 21-17, 12-21, 21-18
Prateek Koundilya (KTK)[6] bt Pranit Somani (MP) 22-20 22-20
Gnana Dattu T.T. (TS)[1] bt Bornil Akash Changmai (ASM) 21-12, 22-20
Abhinav Garg (KTK)[7] (AP) Lakshmivyshak Madeti
Girls Doubles U15
P. Shinde and G. Suryawanshi (MAH)[2] bt Hamsini Chadaram and Navika S 18-21, 21-10, 22-20
N. Atmaram+S. Selvaprabhu (KTK)[1] bt Anushka and Rutika Kamble (MAH) 21-13, 21-16
Boys Doubles U15
T. Budidha and T. Uttam (TS)[5] bt Pushkar Sai and Wazir Singh 12-21, 21-18, 21-18
Meanwhile, Goa’s campaign at the national tournament reached its conclusion. Despite high hopes and determined efforts, Goa’s young talents faced tough challenges in their respective matches. Goa’s Aarush Pawaskar, along with his partner Yash Sinha from Maharashtra, ranked number 5 in India, showcased resilience but ultimately succumbed to Shyam Bindiganavile and Peeyush Tripathy from Karnataka in the U15 Boys Doubles (Round of 32), with a scoreline of 21-18, 21-13.
The journey for other players in the Main Draw also came to an end as they encountered formidable opponents. Shaheen C.K and Sufiya Shaikh (Goa) in Mixed doubles U17 (R32) lost 21-16, 21-12 to Manish S. Reddy and Deepak Raj Aditi of Karnataka. Jewel Abranches and Isha Borkar (Goa) suffered a defeat against Moitreyee Jana and Pratistha Paul from West Bengal in Girls Doubles U15 (R32) with a score of 21-5, 21-7. Shane D’Souza and Arnav Saraf faced a setback in U15 Boys Doubles (R32), losing 21-9, 21-6 to Pushkar Sai (Karnataka) and Wazir Singh (Punjab). Similarly, Shaurya Naik and Om Nandanwar (Goa) bowed out in Boys Doubles U17 (R32), losing 21-10, 21-6 to A. Mishra (Chhatisgarh) and S. Vanlalhruaia (Mizoram).
Praveen Shenoy, the Secretary of the Goa Badminton Association, expressed determination towards the future development of badminton in Goa. He stated, “In the next few years, we would like to see our players battling for Gold and not make early exits. We are taking sincere efforts in those directions to elevate the skills of our players and bring them on par with National standards. Besides working with our local coaches, plans are underway to bring in outstation coaches to Goa at frequent intervals, have more exchange programmes along with outstation players, commence a strong grassroots development program at various locations and work on having our own full-fledged centre of excellence in Goa which can groom champions. We will walk the extra miles to achieve these objectives”
