Yadav rallies to clinch title

Ansal Yadav clawed back from an opening game loss to wear the boys’ under-19 crown in the 13th Union Bank All-India junior-ranking badminton tournament here on Saturday.

The sixth-seeded Uttar Pradesh lad showed fine composure in defeating fourth seed Daniel Farid S of Karnataka 13-21, 21-12, 21-19 at the KBA courts.

Siril Varma took the under-17 title, overcoming a mid-match dip in form to beat the talented Lakshya Sen 21-15, 19-21, 21-8.

Sixth seed Ruthvika caused an upset to clinch the girls’ under-19 title, the Andhra Pradesh lass downing top seed Shriyanshi Pardeshi of Air India 21-14, 21-19.

Results: (all finals, prefix denotes seeding): Boys: U-19, singles: 6-Ansal Yadav (UP) bt 4-Daniel Farid S (Kar) 13-21, 21-12, 21-19. Doubles: 1-Arjun MR (Ker)/ Chirag Shetty (Mah) bt 6-Harshit Aggarwal (Kar)/ Karan Rajan (TN) 21-14, 21-14. U-17, singles: 2-Siril Varma (AP) bt 7-Lakshya Sen (Utr) 21-15, 19-21, 21-8.

Doubles: 1-Krishna Prasad G/ Satwik Sai Raj R (AP) bt 7-Chandra Kumar D/ Sai Kishore T (AP) 22-20, 21-7.

Girls: U-19, singles: 6-Ruthvika Shivani G (AP) bt 1-Shriyanshi Pardeshi (AI) 21-14, 21-19.
Doubles: 3-Sruthi KP/ Farha Mather bt 2-Revati Devasthale/ Karishma Wadkar (Mah) 16-21, 21-14, 21-15.

U-17, singles: 2-Shriyanshi Pardeshi (AI) bt 1-Vrushali G (AP) 6-21, 21-16, 21-10.
Doubles: 1-Kuhoo Garg (Utr)/ Harika V (AI) bt 2-Riya Mookerjee (UP)/ Anura Prabhudesai (Goa) 21-15, 21-8.

Mixed doubles: U-19: Chirag Shetty (Mah)/ Shruthi KP (Ker) bt 1-Arjun MR (Ker)/ Kuhoo Garg (Utr) 22-20, 21-18.