Gaya: Bihar pair of Parag Singh and Kumari Bhawna entered the semifinals of junior mixed doubles and ensured one medal for Bihar in individual junior mixed doubles of the Yonex-Sunrise East Zone Inter-State Team and Individual Badminton Championship-2024 at Lord Buddha Badminton Academy (DPS Campus, Gaya) courts on Friday.
Parag Singh and Kumari Bhawna beat S Mallick and Priya Pradhan 22-20,21-14 to enter the semifinals.
In the Junior girls U-19 singles, Bihar Srija moved into the next round defeating A Misha of Odisha 21-07, 21-13.
In the junior boys U-19 singles Bihar’s Saksham Vats lost to P Kushwaha of Uttar Pradesh 11-21, 15-21.
In the junior girls’ doubles, Bihar pair of Srija and Vaibhavi Singh lost to Devanshi Gautam and Ridhima Singh 11-21, 13-21.
Earlier, in the team championship Uttarakhand beat Uttar Pradesh 3-2 in the to clinch men’s team championship title. In the women’s team championship Uttarakhand defeated Uttar Pradesh 3-0 to bag the title.
In the boys’ team championship final, Uttar Pradesh beat Odisha 2-0 to claim the title.
West Bengal won the girls team championship title defeating Uttarakhand 2-1.
Results:
Men’s team event
Final
Uttarakhand [1] – Uttar Pradesh [2] 3-2
MS1: Ansh Negi – Chirag Seth 21-18 21-19
MS2: Suryaksh Rawat – Siddhartha Mishra 17-21 21-17 14-21
MD1: Sohail Ahmed / Chayit Joshi – Ayush Agarwal / Tushar Gagneja 15-21 18-21
MS3: Rajdev Tomar – Neer Nehwal 18-21 21-11 23-21
MD2: Shashank Chetri / Himanshu Tiwari – Aarush Srhrivastav / Rajan Yadav 11-21 21-17 21-17
Women’s team event
Final
Uttar Pradesh – Uttarakhand [2] 0-3
WS1: Divyanshi Gautam – Akshita Manral 22-20 17-21 13-21
WS2: Taranjeet Kaur – Anushka Juyal 19-21 21-18 19-21
WD1: Shivangi Singh / Aaditya Yadav – Gayatri Rawat / Mansa Rawat 10-21 21-15 11-21
WS3: Riddhi Bhardwaj – Kanak Kalakoti
WD2: Divyanshi Gautam / Ridhima Singh – Unnati Bisht / Sneha Rajwar
BOYS TEAM
Final
Uttar Pradesh [1] – Odisha 2-0
BS1: Aaraadhya Sharma – Mayank Bharadwaj 21-11 21-10
BD: Aaraadhya Sharma / Shivam Verma – Shreyansh Jeena / Subhrakhetan Mallick 21-7 21-8
BS2: Prabhas Kushwaha – Shreyansh Parida
GIRLS TEAM
Final
Uttarakhand [1] – West Bengal [2] 1-2
GS1: Anushka Juyal – Kanishka Bijarnia 21-12 17-21 11-21
GD: Gayatri Rawat / Mansa Rawat – Muskaan Chatterjee / Sukanya Choudhury 21-13 21-11
GS2: Aroma Zahid – Sukanya Choudhury 11-21 11-21
