Jaipur: Twin Poonia brothers — Tapeshwar and Tejeshwar — sailed into the final qualifying round in the ongoing Yonex-Sunrise All India Sub-Junior Ranking Badminton tournament at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here on Sunday.Rajasthan’s Poonia twins notched up a one-sided 15-10, 15-4 victory over Jagrut Budhwar and Hrithik Dhaka of Haryana in the Under-17 boys doubles. In the fourth qualifying round of Under-15 girls singles, Khushi Sharma of Rajasthan registered a come-from-behind win over Tamil Nadu’s Avanthika 11-15, 15-11, 15-8 to inch towards the main draw.In the Under-15 girls’ doubles, Rajasthan’s Kavya Chaudhary and Miraya Fageria thumped Gujarat’s Diti Tejas and Vedenshi Shukla 15-9, 15-9. Local girl Kiara Goyal and Punjab’s Samaira Agarwal edged past Delhi’s Pavini and Kavya Saraswat 15-7, 12-15, 21-20 in a three-game thriller.
Rajasthan’s Poonia twins — Tapeshwar and Tejeshwar — post a one-sided 15-10, 15-4 win over Jagrut Budhwar and Hrithik Dhaka of Haryana in the Under-17 boys doubles in Jaipur on Sunday
Rajasthan’s Vardhit and Varshit brushed aside Delhi-Tamil Nadu’s duo Arpit Baliyan and Nirvan 15-11, 15-4.Earlier, in the Under-17 boys’ category, Maharashtra’s Sairaj Nayse achieved a double success to move towards the main draw qualification.
Maharashtra shuttler Sairaj Nayse beat Andhra Pradesh’s Surya Ramat Ritwik 15-7, 15-9 in the U-17 boys singles fourth round encounter in Jaipur on Sunday
Sairaj outclassed Andhra Pradesh’s Surya Ramat Ritwik 15-7, 15-9 in the fourth round singles encounter, while in the U-17 boys doubles, Sairaj-Luwangamba pair got the better of Sudesh and Tishvin 15-9, 15-10.In the fourth round of the U-15 girls singles, Miraya of Rajasthan went down fighting against Keyakosa Raju of Andhra Pradesh 15-11, 9-15, 10-15.In the U-15 boys singles, Lakshyaraj Singh Nathawat lost to Pratham Raut of Maharashtra 15-17, 15-9, 3-15. In the fourth round of the U-17 singles, Laxman RK of Tamil Nadu beat Manas Parwal of Rajasthan 15-13, 15-9.In the second round of the U-15 girls doubles, the pair of Diya and Manavishta of Andhra Pradesh accounted for RV Saini and Swaraj Taksali of Rajasthan 15-7, 15-4.In the U-15 boys’ doubles, Maharashtra and Gujarat pair Pratham and Vivaan ousted Rajasthan’s Pranav Mulchandani and Lakshyaraj Singh 15-2, 19-17 to knock them out of the competition.Around 120 matches will be played on Monday, marking the end of the qualifying round. Those who win on Monday will qualify for the main draw, which begins on October 6.
