PANAJI
Karnataka’s Harshad Shadish and Lakshya Rajesh emerged champions in Boys’ and Girls’ Singles Under-19 respectively as the curtains came down on the Yonex-Sunrise G.H. Raisoni Memorial All India Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament 2026 at the Manohar Parrikar Indoor Stadium, Navelim, on Friday.
Ninth seed Harshad Shadish defeated Maharashtra’s Rutva Sajwan 15-8, 15-10, while Lakshya Rajesh, seeded 2, staged an impressive comeback to overcome top seed Nakshatraa Jairaj of Tamil Nadu 10-15, 15-11, 15-9. The eight-day championship, organised by the Goa Badminton Association and North Goa District Badminton Association under the aegis of the Badminton Association of India and Sports Authority of Goa, was powered by the G.H. Raisoni Sports and Cultural Foundation, Nagpur, and featured the country's leading Under-19 shuttlers across five events with a total prize purse of ₹8 lakh.
In Boys’ Doubles, Mizoram’s Sainunmawia Sailo and Puducherry’s Harishragavendiran Vaithianathan defeated Telangana’s Sai Siddharth Rayaprolu and Andhra Pradesh’s Charan Ram Thippana 9-15, 15-13, 15-7. Karnataka’s Suhina Roy and Tamil Nadu’s Krithya Siva Sankar clinched the Girls’ Doubles title with a 15-12, 15-5 victory over Maharashtra’s Sharayu Ranjane and Soyara Shelar. The Mixed Doubles crown went to Puducherry’s Harishragavendiran Vaithianathan and Tamil Nadu’s Krithya Siva Sankar, who edged Mizoram’s Sainunmawia Sailo and Delhi’s Ishita Negi 15-17, 15-13, 15-13 in a closely contested final.
