NAGPUR: Young city shuttler Mayank Rajput grabbed twin titles in the Sachchidanand Mungantiwar memorial Maharashtra mini selection badminton tournament which concluded at Chandrapur on Thursday.
While Mayank won the U-13 boys doubles with Palghar's Pratham Raut and mixed doubles final with Nagpur's Sanvi Ghate, he missed the hat-trick of titles after losing the singles summit clash against top seed Ashlon Pinto.
In the U-13 mixed doubles final, the Nagpur pair of Mayank and Sanvi defeated the duo from Pune Jatin Saraf and Kyra Raina 23-21, 21-18. In the U-13 boys doubles final, Mayank and Pratham stunned the top seeded Palghar pair of Ashlon Pinto and Pragnay Shinde in a thrilling clash 15-21, 21-18, 21-18. The top seed Ashlon denied Mayank a hat-trick of titles when he lost the U-13 boys singles final 16-21, 6-21.
In the U-9 boys singles final, city's Pradyumna Meshram lost to Wardha's Raghav Niwarti 20-22, 9-21. In the girls group, city's Kshitija Yaul went down fighting in a thrill-a-minute summit clash to top seed Khrisha Goyal from Palghar 12-21, 21-16, 20-22.
In the U-11 boys final, unseeded city shuttler Ojas Landge suffered a heart break 10-21, 12-21 defeat against Palghar's second seeded Ronit Jadhav. Earlier in the quarterfinal, Ojas recorded a stunning 21-19, 21-17 win over top seed Alfy Mekkadath from Thane.
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