State Junior Badminton Championships: Kiaan Shahapurkar Rallies To Win Against Vihaan Pradhan

In the only match that went the distance, Kiaan Shahapurkar rallied after dropping the first game to get the better of Vihaan Pradhan 14-16, 15-9, 15-10 in a first round match of the Boys U-13 singles in the Yonex Sunrise Gautam Thakkar Memorial Maharashtra State Junior Badminton Championships, hosted by Bombay Gymkhana at their courts, here, on Tuesday.

With the top seeds having a bye in the opening round, most of the other matches were straight game affairs, with Yash Patil struggling a bit to get the better of Aryan Phagwani 15-11, 15-13 and Yadnyesh Warghade edging out Jaiditya Mehta 15-12, 15-11 in the Boys U-15 singles.

Results:

Boys U-15: Ishan Deshmukh bt Mayank Mahanavar 15-6,15-9; Rishikesh Jayasimha bt Vivaan Singh 15-10, 15-11; Yash Patil bt Aryan Phagwani 15-11,15-13; Kiaan Shah bt Daiwik Mehta 15-5,15-7; Hrehaan Shah bt Hrigved Desai 15-2,15-8;Yadnyesh Warghade bt Jaiditya Mehta 15-12,15-11; Hridaan Hegde bt Nishant Minda 15-6,15-7.

Boys U-13: Adhvik Verma bt Avyan Sawant 15-11,15-8; Reyansh Bhalekar bt Raghav Somani 15-2,15-2; Kiaan Shahapurkar bt Vihaan Pradhan 14-16,15-9,15-10; Sahib Singh Panesar bt Vivaan Bhanushali 15-10,15-9; Vrugved Pawar bt Narios Poonawala 15-8,15-8.