Patna: It is virtually a badminton carnival of kids at Physical College courts that started on October 16. More than 200 little shuttlers from all parts of Bihar have been participating in the Li Ning Bihar State Bolt Gold Mini (U-7, U-9, U-11) Badminton Championships and showing their skills on the courts.
On the opening day, qualifying round matches of this championship were played, and the tournament was formally inaugurated on Monday. The tournament was inaugurated by Dr Ranjit Singh, Director, Panchayati Raj Department. He was also introduced to the players. On the occasion, Bihar Badminton Association secretary KN Jaiswal, Patna District Badminton Association chairman Upendra Kumar Sinha, former deputy superintendent of police Z Ahmed, senior badminton players Nilesh Kumar Sinha, Shafaq Nawab Khan, and Pramod Kumar were present on the occasion. All were welcomed by the convener of the Patna District Badminton Association, Kumar Sandeep.
Results:
Atharva Rao (Kaimur) defeated Divyansh Raj (Samastipur) 15-6, 15-4; Ayush Kumar Jha (Muzaffarpur) defeated Medhansh Sharma 15-2, 15-1; Amul Kumar (Patna) defeated Mrinal Singh (Begusarai). 15-6, 15-8.
Sejal Singh (Muzaffarpur) defeated Sonakshi Kumari 15-3, 15-2; Anushka Kumari (Patna) defeated Anshika Raj (West Champaran) 15-1, 15-2; Ojasvita Shree (Muzaffarpur) defeated Priya Shagun (Munger) 15-1, 15-4. Anoushka Kumari of Khagaria, Jainav Ansari (Saharsa), and Paanvi Gupta (Khagaria) got walkovers.
Medhansh Sharma (Katihar) defeated Riddhayansh Singh (Patna) 11-2, 11-1; Pratyush Verma (Khagaria) defeated Vinayak Kumar (Saharsa) 15-4, 13-15, 9-15. Satwik Caesar (Gaya) and Vedansh Kunj (Katihar) get walkovers.
Girls U-7 Pre Quarterfinals: Shipra Singh (Begusarai) defeated Sidya Kumar (Muzaffarpur) 15-12, 15-13.
Ridit Chhabria (Katihar) defeated Ujjwal Prasad (Madhubani) 15-13, 15-5; Devash Singh (Patna) defeated Ankit Raj (Nalanda) 15-2, 15-6; Samarth Yash Raj (Bettiah) defeated Satwik Sijwan 15-11, 15-12. Medansh Sharma (Katihar) gets a walkover.
Anika Singh (Muzaffarpur) defeated Anushka Kumari (Khagaria) 15-4, 15-9; Aradhya Pihu (Bhagalpur) 15-3, 15-4; Palak Bharti (Munger) defeated Dishani (Gaya) 15-5, 15-2; AA Singh (Patna) to Gargi (Khagaria) 15-10, 15-10; Lucky Priya (Samastipur) to Anushka Kumari (Patna) 15-6, 15-11; Soni Kumari (Madhubani) 15-14, 15-5. Anushka Singh (Aurangabad) and Shambhavi Sharma (Muzaffarpur) got walkovers. Ananya Jha (Katihar) beat A Tiwari (Gaya) 15-1,15-3.
Boys Under-11 Round-32: Krishna Kumar (Patna) defeated Mrityunjay Kumar (Gaya) 15-8, 15-4, Aditya Kumar (Khagaria) defeated Abhimanyu Kumar (Saharsa) 15-12, 15-13, Prateek Kumar Singh (Aurangabad) defeated Hitesh Tiwari ( Bettiah) 15-3, 15-11, Himanshu Kumar (Kaimur) Ravi Raj (Samastipur) 15-6, 15-6, Ankush Kumar (Muzaffarpur) Rishit Pandey (Begusarai) 15-8, 15-17 , Nikhil Kumar (Nalanda) Pratyush Chandra (Munger) 15-7, 15-8, Sanskar Swaroop (Katihar) Anand Kumar (Khagaria) 15-6, 15-4, Amul Kumar beat Yashvardhan (Madhubani) 15 -3,15-2, Vishwas defeated Mo Said Ali 15-3,15-6, Parth Raj (Patna) defeated Md Furkan Sheikh (Samastipur) 15-3, 15-4, Ayan Ali Siddiqui (Madhubani) defeated Ritwik Kumar (Muzaffarpur) 15-11, 15-6, Karnik Kumar (Kaimur) beat Farhan Ahmed (Katihar) 15-4, 15-4, Ashu Raj (Nalanda) defeated Faisal Iqbal (Bettiah) 15-14, 15- 13, Ansh Raj (Khagaria) defeated Shivansh Kumar 15-1, 15-0, Pranjal Veer (Muzaffarpur) defeated Aryan Palit Patna 15-4, 15-1.
