Top seeds Harshit Mahimkar and Akshat Raisurana stormed into the Boys' U-19 singles quarterfinals of the CCI Yonex Sunrise Mumbai District Badminton Championship 2026 with dominant victories. Harshit defeated Diyaan Zaveri, while Akshat conceded just one point against Advait Chaugule. Durgesh Kandukuri also advanced after a hard-fought three-game win over Parth Lele.
Mumbai: The top two seeds Harshit Mahimkar and Akshat Raisurana smoothly cruised into the Boys’ U-19 singles quarterfinals of the CCI Yonex Sunrise Mumbai District Badminton Championship 2026, organised by the Cricket Club of India in association with the Greater Mumbai Badminton Association (GMBA), and played at the CCI courts on Tuesday.
Harshit tamed Diyaan Zaveri posting a 15-1, 15-4 win, while Akshat dropped just one point as he outplayed Advait Chaugule coasting to a 15-0, 15-1 victory with a degree of comfort.
In an interesting and wellcontested encounter, Durgesh Kandukuri lost the first game, but fought back to win the next two to thump Parth Lele 13-15, 15-11, 15-13 in clinical fashion.
Results Boys' U-15 (round-16): Nirmay Shah bt Neevan Antani 15-7, 15-11; Sahaj Kadam bt Vedaan Gupta 15-8, 15-12; Palaash Jain bt Saayon Mavachee 15-7, 17-15; Vir Butani bt Dhanraj Patil 15-12, 15-4.
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