Young shuttlers shine at badminton championship

Kanpur: Rushank Mehrotra will compete against Zainil in the final of Under-11 boys category of first Cosco Kanpur badminton championship being contested at Ragendra Swarup badminton academy on Sunday.Rushank, in the first semi-final, decisively defeated Atharva Gupta by 30-16 on Saturday. In the second semi-final, Zainil defeated Tanush Reddy by 30-19. In Boys doubles category, Shreya Jha & Vihan Singh shall compete in the final against Sohan Agarwal & Tanush Reddy.In girls under-11 category, Anika Sharma triumphed over Aarna Dwivedi by 30-22 and Utpreksha prevailed against Samaira by 3-13, advancing to the semi-finals. The duo of Anika Sharma & Akshayani Tripathi shall compete in the final against Aarna Dwivedi & Utpreksha Srivastava.Under-15 (Boys) - Quarterfinal - Ishu Bhatia defeated Ram Dubey by 30-24, Rudra Luthara defeated Parth by 30-13, Aditya defeated Vansh Dayal 30-14, Pradyot defeated Kushagra 30-18, Atharva defeated Namit by 30-7.Girls - (Quarter finals) Aditri Katihar, Anshika Gupta, Mujaina and Siddhi Jha progressed to semifinal.