Goemkarponn Desk
PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant will inaugurate the prestigious Yonex Sunrise All India Sub Junior Ranking Badminton on Wednesday July 27 during the evening session at Manohar Parrikar Indoor Stadium, Navelim.
The eight day national ranking tournament has been organised by Goa Badminton Association under the aegis of Badminton Association of India, and in collaboration with North Goa District Badminton Association and the Sports Authority of Goa.
“While the earlier Junior National Ranking tournament attracted 1700 entries, the Sub Junior event has 3700 entries in all, making these two tournaments the biggest in history of Badminton in India and a proud moment for Goa. From Goa too, there have been around 300 entries from players from across various Talukas, demonstrating the significant progress made by our State in the sport of badminton. After 4 and half days of intense action and exciting matches, the main draw matches will begin on Wednesday during evening sessions and the tournament will be formally inaugurated by the Goa CM Dr Pramod Sawant ”, stated Sandeep Heble, the Goa Badminton Association Secretary.
Meanwhile, on day four of the prestigious National sub junior ranking tournament, Qualifying seeds Arjun Tanaji Birajdar [1], Vamsi Krishna Jarugumilli, and Sandeep Kumar R. [4] moved a step closer towards main draw qualification, in U15 Boys Singles, on day four of the qualifying rounds of the Yonex-Sunrise All India Sub-Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament, underway at Goa. Number 3 seed Rajdeep Bora on the other hand suffered an upset defeat to Praveen Vanjarapu. In Girls singles Under 15, Neetee Chaudhary upset qualifying top seed Seeza (1). Number two seed Sampitri Pal however was in her elements against Anushka S.Shanmugavel, winning in straight sets to move within one round of qualification. In Under 17 Girls singles, Aashita Dubey recorded a thrilling three set win over top seed Madhumitha Madan Kumar (1) while Karnika Sree S. (2), Mansa Rawat (3) and Krishika Mahajan (4) all progressed closer towards qualification.
Goa Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant will inaugurate the prestigious National sub junior ranking tournament on Wednesday evening session. Following are the results.
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