Tara Shah from Maharashtra and Pranav Rao Gandham from Telangana won the Under-15 girls and boys singles titles respectively at the All India Sub-Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament in Gulbarga on Sunday.
Both finals were relatively straightforward affairs with top seed Gandham getting the better of second seed S Sankar Muthuswamy 21-17, 21-12, while fourth seed Shah beat sixth seed Anupama Upadhyaya 21-17, 21-8.
Ankita Gogoi and Gagan won the Under-13 titles. Haryana lad Gagan stunned the top seed Sanskar Saraswat 15-21, 21-12, 21-19 by staging a superb fightback in one of the most exciting finals of the day at the Chandrasekhar Patil Stadium.
The 12-year-old Ankita from Assam also caused an upset by upstaging second Mansa Rawat in straight games 21-18, 21-19.
Results (all finals):
Boys singles (Under-13): 3-Gagan (Har) bt 1-Sanskar Saraswat (Raj) 15-21, 21-12, 21-19
Girls singles (Under-13): 11-Ankita Gogoi (Asm) bt 2-Mansa Rawat (Utr) 21-18, 21-19
Boys singles (Under-15): 1-Pranav Rao Gandham (TS) bt 2-S Sankar Muthuswamy (TN) 21-17, 21-12
Girls singles (Under 15): 4-Tara Shah (Mah) bt 6-Anupama Upadhyaya (Utr) 21-17, 21-8
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