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New Delhi: PNB MetLife Junior Badminton Championship Season 3 Delhi concluded at Thyagaraj Stadium on Friday, New Delhi with adrenaline-pumping performances from young talented shuttlers. In the Boys Singles U-17 category, 2nd seed Tarun Gakhad defeated the last year under-15 national winner and top seed Dhruv Rawat from Uttarakhand in straight sets 21-13, 21-19.<\/p>\n
In Girls Singles U-17 category, last year under-13 national winner and unseeded Sneha Rajwar from Uttarakhand came back after losing the first set and overpowered 4th seed Khushi Gupta from Delhi with scores 18-21, 21-8, 21-14. Sneha Rajwar bowed out of the Girls Under-15 category, despite being the top seed, after losing to Khushi Thakkar from Delhi with scores 21-16, 21-19.<\/p>\n
Last year’s Under-9 national champion Neer Nehwal from Delhi displayed top skills and emerged victorious in the Boys Under-11 category by defeating Devang Tomar from Uttar Pradesh in straight sets 21-7, 21-15. Unseeded Dev Maheshwari displayed brilliant stamina and composure and lifted the Boys Under-13 trophy by defeating 2nd seed Manraj Singh in semi-finals and top seed Chirag Khatri from Delhi in the finals.<\/p>\n
Gracing the closing ceremony, Mr. Hemant Khera, Chief Distribution Officer – Employee Benefits, awarded and motivated the winners. The tournament was being organized by Sara Foundation (an organisation for the promotion of sports).<\/p>\n
The action will continue as PNB MetLife Junior Badminton Championship Season 3 starts in Chandigarh from April 10, 2017.<\/p>\n
Details with scores are as follows:
Boys Singles Under-9
Semi-Finals
Manjeet Chaudhary, Delhi, def. Arjun, Haryana, 21-9 21-10.
Aksh Singh, U.P., def. Ayush Kumar (Gyan Chandra), 21-16 19-21 21-11.<\/p>\n
Final
Aksh Singh, U.P., def. Manjeet Chaudhary, Delhi, 21-5 14-21 21-19.<\/p>\n
Girls Singles Under-9
Semi-Finals
B.R Madhumita Ramamoorthy, Haryana, def. Ashe Singh, U.P., 25-23 21-17.
Shruti Chouhan, U.P., def. Ananya Bhardwaj, Haryana, 21-7 21-9.<\/p>\n
Final
Shruti Chouhan, U.P., def. B.R Madhumita Ramamoorthy, Haryana, 21-8 21-13.<\/p>\n
Boys Singles Under-11
Semi-Finals
Neer Nehwal, Delhi, def. Chirag Choudhary, Uttarakhand, 21-19 21-9.
Devang Tomar, U.P., def. Vansh Dev, Delhi, 21-16 21-11.<\/p>\n
Final
Neer Nehwal, Delhi, def. Devang Tomar, U.P., 21-7 21-15.<\/p>\n
Girls Singles Under-11
Semi-Finals
Unnati Hooda, Haryana, def. Anmol Kharb, Haryana, 23-21 19-21 15-10.
Anwesha Gowda, Delhi, def. Vanshika Thakur, Delhi, 21-16 21-7.<\/p>\n
Final
Unnati Hooda, Haryana, def. Anwesha Gowda, Delhi, 21-10 21-17.<\/p>\n
Boys Singles Under-13
Quarter-Finals
Chirag Khatri (1), Delhi, def. Manish Phogat, Delhi, 15-9 15-6.
Telaprolu Teja Venkatesh (4), Delhi, def. Aaryan Sapiah, Delhi, 15-10 15-7.
Dev Maheshwari, Delhi, def. Neer Nehwal (5), Delhi, 13-15 15-9 15-13.
Manraj Singh (2), Delhi, def. Khooshee Kumar Pankaj, Delhi, 15-12 15-10.<\/p>\n
Semi-Finals
Chirag Khatri (1), Delhi, def. Telaprolu Teja Venkatesh (4), Delhi, 21-10 17-21 21-8.
Dev Maheshwari, Delhi, def. Manraj Singh (2), Delhi, 21-11 21-23 21-15.<\/p>\n
Final
Dev Maheshwari, Delhi, def. Chirag Khatri (1), Delhi, 15-21 21-12 21-14.<\/p>\n
Girls Singles Under-13
Quarter-Finals
Stuti Agrawal, Delhi, def. Jiya Rawat, Haryana, 15-11 15-14.
Muskaan Sangwan, Delhi, def. Isobel Kuriyan, Delhi, 15-13 15-6.
Khushboo Sao, Delhi, def. Unnati Hooda, Haryana, 15-13 15-11.
Sakshi Phogat, Rajasthan, def. Muskan Chahal, 15-9 15-7.<\/p>\n
Semi-Finals
Muskaan Sangwan, Delhi, def. Stuti Agrawal, Delhi, 21-10 22-20.
Sakshi Phogat, Rajasthan, def. Khushboo Sao, Delhi, 21-10 21-8.<\/p>\n
Final
Sakshi Phogat, Rajasthan, def. Muskaan Sangwan, Delhi, 21-14 21-13.<\/p>\n
Boys Singles Under-15
Quarter-Finals
Shubham Patel (1), Rajasthan, def. Advit Bhargava (6), Delhi, 15-8 13-15 15-9.
Nandis Poddar, def. Raghvender Partap Singh, Delhi, 15-13 15-10.
Akash, Delhi, def. Hariom, Delhi, 15-10 15-8.
Raman Kumar, Haryana, def. Bharat Raghav, Haryana, 15-13 15-12.<\/p>\n
Semi-Finals
Shubham Patel (1), Rajasthan, def. Nandis Poddar, 21-8 21-11.
Raman Kumar, Haryana, def. Akash, Delhi, 21-11 21-15.<\/p>\n
Final
Shubham Patel (1), Rajasthan, def. Raman Kumar, Haryana, 18-21 21-8 21-10.<\/p>\n
Girls Singles Under-15
Quarter-Finals
Sneha Rajwar (1), Uttarakhand, def. Sakshi Phogat, Rajasthan, 15-5 15-6.
Khushi Thakkar, Delhi, def. Anna Phogat, Delhi, 15-4 15-4.
Anupama Upadhyaya (5), Uttarakhand, def. Aradhyaa Kushwaha (3), 12-15 15-14 15-11.
Aashi Rawat (2), def. Hazel Sehrawat, Delhi, 15-8 15-14.<\/p>\n
Semi-Finals
Khushi Thakkar, Delhi, def. Sneha Rajwar (1), Uttarakhand, 21-16 21-19.
Aashi Rawat (2), def. Anupama Upadhyaya (5), Uttarakhand, 21-15 21-12.<\/p>\n
Final
Khushi Thakkar, Delhi, def. Aashi Rawat (2), 21-19 17-21 21-15.<\/p>\n
Boys Singles Under-17<\/p>\n
Quarter-Finals
Dhruv Rawat (1), Uttarakhand, def. Bharat Raghav, Haryana, 15-7 15-7.
Himanshu Dabas (4), Delhi, def. Saharsh Mohan (7), U.P., 11-15 15-8 15-13.
Pushaan Leo Paul (6), def. Arjun Rehani (3), Delhi, 15-13 15-11.
Tarun Gakhad (2), def. Manish Singh, Delhi, 11-15 15-6 15-10.<\/p>\n
Semi-Finals
Dhruv Rawat (1), Uttarakhand, def. Himanshu Dabas (4), Delhi, 21-8 21-16.
Tarun Gakhad (2), def. Pushaan Leo Paul (6), 21-14 23-25 21-12.<\/p>\n
Final
Tarun Gakhad (2), def. Dhruv Rawat (1), Uttarakhand, 21-13 21-19.<\/p>\n
Girls Singles Under-17
Quarter-Finals
Likhita Srivastava, Delhi, def. Aashi Rawat (1), 15-10 15-12.
Sneha Rajwar, Uttarakhand, def. Kavya Gupta (Anurag Gupta) (3), Delhi, 15-12 15-14.
Khushi Gupta (4), Delhi, def. Muskan Joon, Delhi, 15-7 15-6.
Anupama Upadhyaya, Uttarakhand, def. Adya Parashar (2), Delhi, 15-2 14-15 15-9.<\/p>\n
Semi-Finals
Sneha Rajwar, Uttarakhand, def. Likhita Srivastava, Delhi, 21-15 21-16.
Khushi Gupta (4), Delhi, def. Anupama Upadhyaya, Uttarakhand, 21-18 21-17.<\/p>\n
Final
Sneha Rajwar, Uttarakhand, def. Khushi Gupta (4), Delhi, 18-21 21-8 21-14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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In Girls Singles U-17 category, last year under-13 national winner and unseeded Sneha Rajwar from Uttarakhand came back after losing the first set and overpowered 4th seed Khushi Gupta from Delhi with scores 18-21, 21-8, 21-14. Sneha Rajwar bowed out of the Girls Under-15 category, despite being the top seed, after losing to Khushi Thakkar from Delhi with scores 21-16, 21-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[11264,21914,466,21886,21913,17109],"class_list":["post-34215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-badminton-badminton","tag-badminton-news","tag-dhruv-rawat","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-pnb-metlife-junior-badminton-championship","tag-tarun-gakhad","tag-thyagaraj-stadium"],"yoast_head":"\n