Hyderabad: Chattisgarh’s rising shuttler Ishaan Bhatnagar tasted double glory as he claimed both the boys’ doubles and the mixed doubles crowns at the Yonex-Sunrise 44th Junior National Badminton Championships in Rajahmundry on Monday.
Maisnam Meiraba and Tasnim Mir collected the singles titles.
In the mixed doubles section, the second-seeded pair of Bhatnagar and Goa’s Tanisha Crasto showed great chemistry and teamwork to upset top seeds Navaneeth Bokka and Sahithi Bandi 21-18, 21-13.
The boys’ doubles final lived upto the expectations with top seeds Bhatnagar and Telengana’s Vishnu Vardhan Goud Panjala producing a strong display to effortlessly beat the fifth-seeded combine of Achutaditya Rao Doddavarapu and Edwin Joy 21-14, 21-15.
The girls’ doubles also witnessed an upset as sixth seeds Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker of Maharashtra held their nerves for an enthralling 21-14, 20-22, 21-18 victory over the top seeds Aditi Bhatt and Tanisha Crasto in a marathon final that lasted one hour and 17 minutes.
The singles matches went according to the seedings. Manipur’s Junior World No.8 Maisnam Meiraba, who won the Bangladesh Junior International Series last week, continued his winning streak. With smart footwork and some superb smashes, Meiraba celebrated his 17th birthday to register a 21-18, 21-19 win over ninth seed Rohan Gurbani.
Gujarat’s Tasnim Mir had to work way harder for her win. Continuing her sterling form from the Badminton Asia U17 & U15 Junior Championships 2019, where she emerged the U-15 champion, the resilient second-seeded Mir stormed back to beat Vijetha Harish 14-21, 21-18, 21-13.
