Nishant, Janhavi junior champs; double crown for Advait

The winners of All Goa Major Ranking Badminton Tournament held at Indoor stadium, Campal, Panaji.

Photo Credits: GBA

PANAJI
Advait Balakrishnan won a double crown while Nishant Shenai and Janhavi Mahle won the Junior (U19) Singles titles, at the All Goa Major Ranking Badminton Tournament held at Indoor stadium, Campal, Panaji. 

Advait upset top seed Aarush Pawaskar to win the Boys U13 title in the season’s first ranking tournament organised by Sunlite Sports and Cultural Club in collaboration with the Goa Badminton Association (GBA). Advait later teamed up with Parasmay Shenoy to claim the U13 Boys doubles title. 

Harsh Mane and Sakshi K emerged winners in U15 Boys and Girls section respectively while Anish Kamath and Nidhi Desai walked away with the singles titles in U17 age group. Ritika Chelluri emerged winner in U13 Girls section. 

The tournament, powered by Adidas Badminton and Parama Heartbeat Sports, had over 350 entries with 200+ players participating with a prize purse of Rs 1 lakh. Richard Vaz, former GBA president, along with tournament committee organisers Rupchandra Humaraskar (president), Arnold Rodrigues (secretary), Bhushan Vernekar (treasurer), GBA officials Narahar Thakur (president), Sandeep Heble (secretary), and Kashinath Jalmi (senior badminton player) graced the finals.  

Results (finals): U13 Girls Singles - Ritika Cheluri bt Sagun Singh 21-14, 21-13, U13 Boys Singles - Advait Balakrishnan bt Aarush Pawaskar 21-16, 21-11, U15 Girls Singles - Sakshi K bt Sriya Saraf 21-16, 21-13, U15 Boys Singles - Harsh Mane bt Yash Desai 14-21, 21-13, 21-12, U17 Girls Singles - Nidhi Desai bt Tanushri Shadani 21-16, 21-17, U 17 Boys Singles - Anish Kamath bt Yash Desai (conceded), U19 Girls Singles - Janhavi Mahale bt Nidhi Desai 21-12, 21-9, U19 Boys Singles - Nishant Shenai bt Anish Kamath 21-17, 21-11, U13 Girls Doubles - Anaya Kamat / Astrid Dias bt Anya Singh / Arya Metry 21-12, 21-13, U13 Boys Doubles - Advait Balakrishnan / Parasmay Shenoy bt Aarush Pawaskar / Shane D’ Souza 21-15, 19-21, 21-15, U15 Girls Doubles - Jiya Kamat / Sakshi K bt Nysaa Dhupdale / Synnovia D’ Souza  21-13, 21-13, U15 Boys Doubles - Pranav Naik / Shaheeh C.K bt Harsh Mane / Yash Desai (conceded), U17 Boys Doubles - Sarvadnya khandeparkar / Chirag Mahale bt Vedant Chauhan / Rudra Phadte  21-17, 18-21, 21-16, U17 Mixed Doubles - Ashmeet Parsekar / Trisha Bidye bt Rudra Phadte / Minoshka Pereira 21-18, 18-21, 21-19, U19 Boys Doubles - Ayaan Sheikh / Yash Halarnkar bt Aryaman Saraf / Chetan Magdum 21-18, 23-21.