![\"Varun](\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Varun-Kapur.jpg\")
Pune: 14-year- old Varun Kapur extended his dream run by annexing his third title in two weeks after bagging the Under-17 Singles crown in the 1st Junior State Selection tournament at the Nutan College, Parbhan.<\/p>\nPune: 14-year- old Varun Kapur extended his dream run by annexing his third title in two weeks after bagging the Under-17 Singles crown in the 1st Junior State Selection tournament at the Nutan College, Parbhan.<\/p>\n
The Pune-based trainee of the Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy \u2013 NKBA signed off with the distinction of being the only unseeded player among the four winners of the day and do Pune proud.<\/p>\n
In the final, Varun downed Nagpur-lad Sudhanshu Bhure 21-19, 12-21, 21-12 in a 49-minute battle. Earlier in the semifinal, Varun caused the biggest upset of the tournament by putting out top-seeded Yash Shah of Pune 21-14, 21-15.<\/p>\n
Varun\u2019s title comes close on the back the double crown he won at the Sub Junior State Selection at Mulund and the Under-15 international title he won in Croatia.<\/p>\n
The Under-17 title also turns out to be a maiden first for the student of Ryan International School, Bavdhan.<\/p>\n
Varun said; \u201cIt\u2019s a great feeling to top in a higher age-group. This is my first U-17 title and I owe it to all at the Academy who have helped me achieve.\u201d <\/p>\n
NKBA Director and Coach Nikhil Kanetkar said; \u201cVarun has shown promise and has worked hard towards gaining success. His results are results of his dedication.\u201d<\/p>\n
RESULTS<\/p>\n
F: Sudhanshu Bhure (Nag) 21-19, 12-21, 21-12
SF: b 1-Yash Shah (Pn) 21-14, 21-15
QF: b Harshal Jadhav (Sat) 21-13, 21-16
R4: b Gandhar Nawale (Ngp) 21-18, 21-17
R3: b Visham Parikh (Bor) 15-7, 15-9
R2: W\/o Shirvel Pothbare (Bed)
R1: Bye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pune: 14-year- old Varun Kapur extended his dream run by annexing his third title in two weeks after bagging the Under-17 Singles crown in the 1st Junior State Selection tournament at the Nutan College, Parbhan.<\/p>\n
The Pune-based trainee of the Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy \u2013 NKBA signed off with the distinction of being the only unseeded player among the four winners of the day and do Pune proud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[11264,466,22308,22309,22307],"class_list":["post-34971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-badminton-badminton","tag-badminton-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-junior-state-selection-tournament","tag-nutan-college","tag-varun-kapur"],"yoast_head":"\n