38th Jammu District Badminton Championship
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Tara Shan won the under-11 girls’ singles final in the ongoing 38th Jammu District Badminton Championships-2023, organised by the Jammu City & District Badminton Association, here.
In the final, played on Friday, Tara Shan defeated Akshini Manhas in straight sets of 21-10, 21-16.
In the meantime, Viban Chib and Utkarsh Singh Bhau have qualified for the under-11 boys’ singles final after their defeated Ayan Kohli 2-0 (21-15, 21-11) and Aarav by 2-0 (21-12, 21-14) respectively in the semifinals.
Earlier, the under-13 boys’ singles quarterfinals, Harsh Sharma beat Rishit Kumar 21-15, 21-10; Vivan Chib beat Utkarsh Singh Bhau 21-09, 21-11; Tanishq Pillai defeated Aaradhya Sharma 21-10, 21-16; and Kanishk Mall beat Kartik Gupta 21-17, 21-16.
In the under-13 girls’ singles quarterfinals, Paavni Gupta beat Mishti Sharma 21-03, 21-03; Sargun Kour beat Anaya Batta 21-19, 21-20, 21-14; Gargi defeated Bidhatri 21-09, 21-05; and Eleena Singh beat Shranya 21-05, 21-01.
In the under-15 boys’ singles quarterfinals, Gopesh Singh beat Param Raina 21-11, 21-11; Harsh Sharma beat Kanishk Mall 21-14, 21-10; Kartik defeated Mayank 21-10, 21-02; and Shivansh Panotra beat Surya Dev Singh 21-06, 21-11.
In the under-15 girls’ singles semifinals, Suhani Sharma beat Paavni Gupta 21-10, 21-10; and Yashasvni beat Gania Singh 21-13, 14-21, 21-12.
In the under-17 boys’ singles quarterfinals, Vaibhav Mehta beat Abhishek Dogra 21-05, 21-06; Gopesh Singh beat Udyan Sharma 21-11, 21-13; Shivansh Panotra beat Thakur Anesh 21-16, 21-11; and Shourya Jasrotia beat Aditya Radotra 21-14, 21-12.
In the under-17 girls’ singles, Diamond Rajput beat Gania Singh 21-18, 22-20; Suhani Sharma beat Yashasvni 21-16, 21-04; Shambhavi Rajput defeated Diamond Rajput 21-09, 21-04; and Suhani beat Antima Naruka 09-21, 21-17, 21-11.
The matches were supervised by Rahul Sharma, Chief Referee with support of Divum Gupta, Badminton Coach, Pawanjit Singh, Neeraj Gupta, Sukhdev Singh.
Among the others were present Dr. O. D Sharma, Chairman, Badminton Association of J&K and Vice President, Badminton Association of India, Balbir Jamwal, General Secretary Badminton Association of J&K and D. V. Sharma, General Secretary, Jammu City & District Badminton Association.