Patna: Raj Aryan of Nawada shocked top seed Amrit Raj of Muzaffarpur to set up title clash with Saksham Vats in the boys’ singles final of the Li Ning Bihar State Junior Under-19 Boys and Girls Badminton Tournament at the Patliputra Sports Complex hall here on Sunday.
Raj Aryan defeated Amrit Raj 21-17, 21-19 while Saksham Vats of Patna beat his city mate defending champions Kartik 21-18, 22-20 in the semifinals.
Results of Sunday’s matches:
Boys singles semifinals: Saksham Vats defeated Kartik 21-18, 22-20, Raj Aryan defeated Amrit Raj 21-17, 21-19.
Quarterfinals boys’ singles: Kartik beat Aditya Kumar Chowdhary 21-8, 21-18, Saksham Vats beat Kunal Anand 17-21, 21-19, 21-9, Amrit Raj beat Anil Kumar 21-10, 21-13, Raj Aryan defeated Prag Singh 21-16, 21-9.
Quarterfinals girls’ singles: Shreeja beat Vaibhavi Singh 21-18, 20-22, 21-18, Fiza Hassan beat Kumari Bhavna 21-16, 23-21, Sara Kausar beat Jhanvi Duggar 21-10, 21-19, Sanvi Anand beat defeated Suhani Kumari 21-19, 21-19.
Mixed doubles quarterfinals: Sumit Anand and Sahnavi Anand defeated Kartik and Shreeja 21-15, 21-15; Saksham Vats and Fiza Hasan defeated Harshmani Singh and Vashvi Bhushan 21-10, 21-8.
Girls’ doubles quarterfinals: Ranya Rana and Vaibhavi Singh beat Kavya and Vashvi Bhushan 21-7, 21-7; Bhavna and Varsha defeated Jessica Rani and Shivangi 21-4, 21-7, Fiza Hasan and Sara Kausar defeated Aaradhya Arya and Ritisha Ranjan by 21-4, 21-7.
