Young talents shine at badminton championship

Kanpur: Mohd Yusuf, Anshika Gupta and Aditri Katiyar clinched double titles in the Second Cosco Kanpur Badminton (under 9, 13, 17) championship concluded at Ragendra Swarup Academy on Sunday.Anshika Gupta secured singles and mixed doubles title in Under-13 group whilst Aditri Katiyar claimed singles and doubles titles in Under-17 girls. Mohd Yusuf emerged victorious in singles and doubles title in Boys Under-17 group.The results of finals are:Under-9 (Boys) Abhiraj Singh defeated Shreyas Jha 30-23, (Girls) Aradhya Mishra defeated Abhya Bharatia 30-2Under-13 (Boys Singles) Kartik Shukla defeated Parth Johari 21-12, 21-13, (Doubles) Aditya Satvant & Parth Johari defeated Kushagra Singh & Titiksh Gharpade 21-13, 21-11. Girls Singles - Anshika Gupta defeated Utpreksha Srivastava 21-12, 21-15.Under-17 (Boys Singles) Yusuf Alam defeated Arav Sharma 21-12, 21-18, Doubles - Arav Sharma & Yusuf Alam defeated Ayush Kumar & Prakhar Maurya 21-18, 24-22. (Girls) Aditri Katiyar defeated Anshika Gupta 21-15, 21-18. Mixed Doubles - Anirudh Gaur & Sayed Mujaina defeated Yusuf Alam & Aditia Mishra 21-19, 21-16.