Pranay Shettigar and Siya Singh proved their top billing as they bested their opponents comfortably to lift the trophy at the inaugural State Open Sub Junior Badminton Tournament organised by Badminton Gurukul in association with Tata Trust and played at the District Sports Complex, BKC.
(From Left to Right, Supriya Devgun, Managing Director, Badminton Gurukul, Atul Agarwal, Senior Vice President, Corporate Brand & Marketing, Tata Group, Mr Suraj Samant, Managing Committee Member, DSC, Mr Kulin Manik, Treasurer GMBA and Vice President MBA along with all the winners of the State Open Sub Junior Badminton Tournament organised by Badminton Gurukul in association with Tata Trust
Pranay was in for a tough challenge against Manas Parulekar who took down top players on his road to the finals. Pranay showed his talent as he ran through Manas pushing him to all corners of the court defeating him 21-11, 21-12 to lift the trophy. In the Boys U-13 tie, Dev made up for his semi-finals loss in U-15 by dominating the U-13 finals defeating an unseeded Pranit Somani by 21-16, 21-13 to take the U-13 title.
In the Girls U-15, Top seed Siya Singh faced tough competition from the unseeded Alisha Khan on her road to victory. Alisha surprised Siya, matching her in speed and skill but the top seed who has played more finals got her experience into play to take off in the crunch moments and defeat Alisha 21-16, 21-18 to lift the trophy. Meanwhile, Mansita Mohapatra ran through Yutika Chavan defeating her 21-9, 21-13 to emerge victorious.
Finals
Boys U-11 ARCHIT VYAS [1] bt AVYAY SHARMA 21-18, 21-9
Boys U-13 DEV RUPARELIA [1] bt PRANIT SOMANI 21-16, 21-13
Boys U-15 PRANAY SHETTIGAR [1] bt MANAS PARULEKAR 21-11, 21-12
Girls U-11- PRANJAL SHINDE [1] bt NIMISHA KOTECHA 16-21, 21-12, 21-15
Girls U-13- MANSITA MOHAPATRA bt YUTIKA CHAVAN 21-9, 21-13
Girls U-15 – SIYA SINGH [1] bt ALISHA KHAN 21-16, 21-18