JAIPUR: Talented national-level shuttler Parul Choudhary won the girls singles title, while Jaipur’s Aryan Tyagi and Murli Sharma of Tonk bagged a double crown in the Rajasthan Junior (U-19) State Badminton Championship which concluded at the Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium here on Wednesday.
The five-day tournament was organised by the Jaipur District Badminton Association (JDBA) under the auspices of Rajasthan Badminton Association (RBA).
Doubles specialist Murli grabbed a double crown by winning the U-19 boys doubles title with his partner Aryan Tyagi and U-19 mixed doubles crown with Suhasi Verma.
Top seed Parul of Churu lived up to her billing by claiming the girl’s singles crown. The promising girl rallied back splendidly to down second seed Suhasi Verma of Jaipur in three games.
Similarly in the U-19 boys’ singles category, top seed Aryan quelled the spirited challenge from his opponent in three tough games. Like Parul, Aryan also lost the first game but bounced back gallantly to stop third seed Sachin Jhajharia of Jhunjhunu 10-21, 21-13, 21-12.
Top seeds Aryan and Murli edged past second seeds Depanshu Kuwadia-Sachin Jhajharia 19-21, 21-4, 21-10 in the boys’ doubles summit clash.
Bikaner’s Kavya Swami and Poonam Swami also needed to stretch themselves fully to clinch the girls doubles title. Kavya and Poonam halted the brilliant run of qualifiers Mokshita Bhardwaj (Jodhpur) and Tanishka Yadav (Jaipur) 23-21, 15-21, 21-18.
In the U-19 mixed doubles, Murli and Suhasi squeezed past qualifiers Gurtej Singh Vasir (Jaipur) and Kavya Swami (Bikaner) 23-21, 17-21, 21-12.
Additional SP Pushpendra Singh Rathore, RBA secretary KK Sharma, Jai Club joint secretary Rajiv Nagori, RBA joint secretary Zakir Hussain, JDBA secretary Manoj Dasot, organising secretary Atul Gupta and Madan Yadav gave away the prizes to the winners and runners-up. RBA secretary KK Sharma said the Rajasthan U-19 badminton squad will be announced shortly which will take part in the North Zone Inter-State Championship.
RESULTS (All Finals)
U-19 girls singles: 1-Parul Choudhary bt 2-Suhasi Verma 19-21, 21-8, 21-13
U-19 girls doubles: 2-Kavya Swami-Poonam Swami bt Q-Mokshita Bhardwaj-Tanishka Yadav 23-21, 15-21, 21-18
U-19 boys singles: 1-Aryan Tyagi bt 3-Sachin Jhajharia 10-21, 21-13, 21-12
U-19 mixed doubles: 1-Murli Sharma-Suhasi Verma bt Q-Gurtej Singh Vasir-Kavya Swami 23-21, 17-21, 21-12
U-19 boys doubles: 1-Aryan Tyagi-Murli Sharma bt 2-Depanshu Kuwadia-Sachin Jhajharia 19-21, 21-4, 21-10.
Suhas Nayse, Special correspondent, Sports, The Times of India, J...
Read MoreSuhas Nayse, Special correspondent, Sports, The Times of India, Jaipur edition.
He joined TOI Jaipur edition in February, 2023. He was also part of the TOI Nagpur edition from 2006 to 2020 as a sports reporter. He has been covering sports for more than two decades.
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