Priyanshu, Gayathri reign supreme in all-India junior badminton
Priyanshu defeated fourth-seeded Akash Yadav 21-11, 23-21 while top-seeded Gayatri Gopichand put it across Samiya Imad Farooqui 22-20, 21-10.
Published : Jan 08, 2019 19:15 IST
Priyanshu Prajawat and Gayatri Gopichand won the boys and girls singles titles respectively in the All-India junior ranking badminton championship (under-19) in Jaipur on Monday.
In the boys singles, top-seeded Priyanshu defeated fourth-seeded Akash Yadav 21-11, 23-21 while, top-seeded Gayatri put it across her fellow trainee at Gopi Academy and seventh-seeded Samiya Imad Farooqui 22-20, 21-10 in a match that lasted 40 minutes.
The results All finals: Boys: Singles: Priyanshu Prajawat bt Akash Yadav 21-11, 23-21. Doubles: Ishaan Bhatnagar & Edwin Joy bt Shankarprasad Udayakumar & Syamprasad Udayakumar 27-25, 17-21, 23-21. Girls: Singles: P. Gayathri bt Samiya Imad Farooqui 22-20, 21-10. Doubles: Treesa Jolly & V.S. Varshini bt Kavya Gupta & Khushi Gupta 21-10, 21-12. Mixed doubles: B. Navneeth & B. Sahithi bt Dingku Singh Konthoujam & S. Kavpriya 21-14, 21-18. |