Sharayu Ranjane of Pune and Greater Mumbai’s Harshit Mahimkar grabbed attention with upset victories to enter the quarter-finals of the Yonex Sunrise State U-19 Badminton Selection Tournament at Willingdon Sports Club. Several top seeds, including Arjun Aluguvelli and Ridheema Sarpate, also advanced comfortably.
Mumbai, May 22: Sharayu Ranjane of Pune and Greater Mumbai’s Harshit Mahimkar occupied centre stage at the Willingdon SC, defeating higher-ranked players to advance to the Girls’ and Boys’ U-19 quarter-finals of the Yonex Sunrise State U-19 Badminton Selection Tournament, organised by GMBA, promoted by Badminton Gurukul and hosted by Willingdon SC.
While unseeded Sharayu played a superior game to oust fifth seed and city mate Navya Ranka 15-10, 15-13, Mahimkar kept his nerves in the decider to oust fourth seed Pranay Gadewar of Nagpur 15-8, 9-15, 15-13.
Also scoring an upset win was Aayush Adey of Pune, seeded 13th, who shunted out city mate and eighth seed Nikshep Katre 15-11, 15-12.
Top seeds survive tough contests
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