PANJIM: Ayaan Shaikh and Anish Kamath moved into the finals of Junior Boys (U-19) singles while Janhavi Mahale and Pratistha Shenoy in U-19 girls singles category, at the State Badminton Ranking tournament organised by Panjim Warriors Club in collaboration with Goa Badminton Association and Sports Authority of Goa at Indoor stadium, Campal, Panjim.
Ayaan upset top seed Nishant Shenai in the first semis, playing a clinical game to register a straight sets victory while second seed Ansih Kamath prevailed over Yash Halarnkar in a tough two set match.
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In girls section, Janhavi defeated Atmaja Shetti while Pratistha Shenoy put it across Riya Haldankar in the other semis.
In U-13 boys singles, Advait Balakrishnan will clash with Aarush Pawaskar while Ritika Chelluri has set up a title clash with Sagun Singh in U-13 girls. Harsh Mane will battle it out against Yash Desai in boys U-15 singles category while Sakshi K will battle it out against Sriya Saraf in U-15 girls singles. In U-17 girls finals, it will be Nidhi Desai versus Synnovia D’Souza while Anish Kamath will face Harsh Mane in U-17 boys singles finals.
Following are the other finalists:
U-13 boys doubles – Advait Balakrishnan/Parasmay Shenoy vs Sparsh Kolwalkar/Shriram Bhandankar; U-13 girls doubles – Ritika Cheluri/Sagun Singh vs Priyanka Karcal/Crisanne D’Sa; U-17 mixed doubles – Salil Deshpande/Janhavi Virnodkar vs Aryan Kumar/Minoshka Pereira; U-15 girls doubles – Jiya Kamat/Sakshi K vs Nyssa Dhupdale/Synnovia D’Souza; U-19 mixed doubles – Nishant Shenai/Pratistha Shenoy vs Yash Halarnkar/Nidhi Desai; U-19 girls doubles – Janhavi Mahale/Dhiti Lotlikar vs Nyssa Dhupdale/Synnovia D’Souza; U-15 boys doubles – Pranav Naik/Shaheen CK vs Harsh Mane/Yash Desai; U-17 boys doubles – Chirag Mahale/Sarvadnya Khandeparkar vs Vedant Chauhan/Anish Kamath; U-19 boys doubles – Ayaan Shaikh/Yash Halarnkar vs Aryaman Saraf/Chetan Magdum.
