· 8 cities to host regional matches: New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Indore, Lucknow and Guwahati
· Matches to be held under 5 age categories: Under-9, 11, 13, 15 and 17 for both boys and girls
· Strengthens CSR program: hosts training camps to identify potential talent among underprivileged children and coach them for participation
· Phenomenal response for the first leg of the tournament; 1200+ total entries
In the Boys Singles U-13 category of PNB MetLife Junior Badminton Championship Season 3, Tejas Saxena ousted Yashvardhan Vij in straight sets 15-4, 15-8. In another match, Manish Phogat defeated Bharat Gulati in straight sets 15-4, 15-7.
In the Girls Singles U-13 category, Sakshi Phogat advanced in the tournament by defeating Jahnvi in an easy win with scores 15-0, 15-1. In the same category, Myra Grover emerged victorious after a tight 3-set match against Vaishnavi Puneyani with scores 15-10, 14-15, 15-11.
In the Boys Singles U-15 category, Shivansh Negi breezed past Jaisnav Bhadana with scores 15-1, 15-0.
Boys Singles Under-9
Round of 64
Shiven Upmanyu def. Vihaan Joshi, 11-3 11-4.
Nishant Sehwag def. Vibhore Rathi, 11-5 11-2.
Siddarth Garg def. Anuj Maan, 11-1 11-3.
Girls Singles Under-9
Round of 32
Ashe Singh def. Aasta Gauhar, 11-3 11-5.
Shruti Chouhan def. Vaishnavi Sood, 11-7 11-8.
Boys Singles Under-11
Round of 128
Taksh Bhati def. Shashwat, 11-6 11-3.
Aditya Dagar def. Siddharth Nain, 11-0 11-2.
Dev Rathi def. Sahil Saini, 11-6 11-5.
Pulkit Bazad def. Anuj Joshi, 11-4 11-4.
Rohan Chawla def. Rohit Sharma, w.o..
Mohit Duhan def. Divye Bajaj, 11-5 11-3.
Ayush Kumar (Pawan Kumar) def. Himanshu Matlotia, 11-7 11-5.
Tanisq Verma def. Aryan Aggarwal, 11-7 11-3.
Parth Chawla def. Dakshay Kumar Singh, 11-1 11-4.
Ankur Singh def. Prakhar Sharma, 11-9 15-5.
Harshit Dhankhar def. Aayush Batra, 11-0 11-4.
Ranbir Manchanda def. Shreeyaan Sachdeva, w.o..
Divay Paarth Pal def. Ketan Sharma, 11-1 11-1.
Raghav Banga def. Shekhar Diesh, 11-2 11-0.
Param Choudhary def. Tejas Permude, 11-0 11-5.
Manish Phogat def. Tanish Gupta, 11-1 11-4.
Vrish Ketan def. Yash Kaushik (Ravi Kaushik), 11-3 11-1.
Girls Singles Under-11
Round of 64
Riya Lohia def. Divya Kumari, 11-8 11-5.
Baruni Parswal def. Anjali Rautela, 9-11 11-9 11-9.
Riddhima Sahrawat def. Palak Chauhan, 11-0 11-0.
Anushree Venkatesh def. Anushi Koner, 11-2 11-1.
Zainab Saeed def. Sania Gambhir, 11-9 11-3.
Jiaa Narang def. Dakshta Joshi, 8-11 11-8 11-9.
Anmol Kharb def. Amolika Yadav, 11-0 11-0.
Unnati Hooda def. Grantika Saxena, 11-1 11-1.
Shreya Tripathi def. Ihaana Bahl, 11-8 11-9.
Lavisha Gambhir def. Manasvi Verma, 11-8 11-8.
Khushi Punia def. Sophia Gosain, 11-4 11-4.
Sanskriti Malik def. Naima Ratra, 11-5 11-2.
Rayaana Manchanda def. Sakshi Dhayal, 11-4 11-1.
Suhaani Shukla def. Varnika Solanki, 11-3 11-6.
Vanshika Thakur def. Diksha Yadav, 15-5 15-2.
Anushka Golash def. Ashe Singh, 10-11 11-5 11-5.
Anandini Nagda def. Ananya Bhardwaj, 11-4 11-6.
Manvi def. Divyanshi Gautam, 11-5 11-6.
Vinita Dagar def. Mehar Suri, 11-2 11-6.
Ridhima Sharma def. Nikasha Kundra, 11-8 11-7.
Sansthita Awasthi def. Roohani Sahib Kaul, 11-7 11-0.
Chhavi Yadav def. Anushka, 11-9 11-8.
Anwesha Gowda def. Manasvi Sharma, 11-5 11-5.
Boys Singles Under-13
Round of 256
Tejas Saxena def. Yashvardhan Vij, 15-4 15-8.
Mayank Kharkwal def. Daksh Bhati, 15-11 10-15 15-13.
Sarwar Deshwal def. Vedant Sharma, 15-3 15-0.
Harsh Chandra def. Sonu Kumar, 15-6 15-7.
Ayush Sharma def. Prem Kumar Jha, 15-4 15-6.
Shivansh Negi def. Aarjav Jain, 15-5 15-0.
Manish Phogat def. Bharat Gulati, 15-4 15-7.
P. V. Rama Krishna Prasad def. Aadi Ramteke, 15-10 15-5.
Prashant Dagar def. Krish, 15-7 15-4.
Deekshant Yadav def. Aditya Kumar (Raj Kumar), 14-15 15-10 15-12.
Naman Yadav def. Shaalik Tiwari, 15-8 15-2.
Garv Sahni def. Pulkit Bazad, 15-8 15-4.
Vidit Goel def. Lakshit Beniwal, 15-10 15-9.
Vaibhav Talyan def. Vishesh Kathuria, 15-9 15-11.
Abhigyan Sharma def. Anubhav Jain, 13-15 15-7 15-7.
Manan Tandon def. Aarnav Gupta, 15-5 15-4.
Aaryan Sapiah def. Bhavya Arora, 15-5 15-2.
Daksh Yadav def. Nikhil Singh, 15-7 15-12.
Diyansh Rawat def. Chetan Lakra, 15-8 15-13.
Rahul Nashier def. Ishan Khatri, 15-3 15-3.
Harsh Vardhan def. Rohan Aggarwal, 15-12 9-15 15-13.
Aryan Kapoor def. Jayesh Karnatac, 15-10 15-5.
Maninder Singh Bagga def. Jatin Kumar, 15-3 15-6.
Rohit Kumar Paswan def. Arnav Arora, 15-7 15-10.
Harshit Dhankhar def. Iqbal, 15-4 15-8.
Nilesh Singh Rajwar def. Abhigyan Chhabra, 15-4 15-0.
Param Choudhary def. Lakshay Grover, 15-7 15-9.
Divyansh Nehra def. Devesh Sharma, 15-7 15-10.
Jai Sukhwani def. Rishi Chaudhary, 15-2 15-2.
Ayush Maan def. Akshit Aggrawal, 15-0 15-1.
Shourya Katoch def. Sagar Malik, 15-5 15-4.
Yash Chawla def. Utkarsh Anand, 15-8 15-8.
Aditya Kanwal def. Pragun Sharma, 15-3 15-9.
Ishank Singh def. Arnav Goyal, 15-6 15-13.
Bhavya Chhabra def. Dhruv Chanana, 15-7 15-1.
Yash Chikkara def. Juned, 15-11 15-10.
Siddharth Rawat def. Kshitij Ahlawat, 15-11 15-11.
Tanishq Bhatia def. Adityesh Singh, 15-8 15-2.
Vedanth Sudhir def. Ahaan Arora, 15-2 15-8.
Syed Ayyan Ahmad def. Raj Vardhan, 7-15 15-12 15-5.
Anubhav def. Shaurya Chauhan, 15-7 15-11.
Tabishq Parasher def. Manprabh Singh Raina, 15-4 15-3.
Utsav Rana def. Raghav Khurana, 15-3 15-2.
Rahul Lohan def. Devansh Vizla, 15-10 15-10.
Arnav Jain def. Hitanshu, 15-7 15-4.
Jai Airy def. Keshav Kumar, 15-9 15-10.
Yash Dabas def. Atharv Gupta, 15-7 15-11.
Ketan Nagar def. Pranav Ramnath, 15-4 15-2.
Girls Singles Under-13
Round of 64
Anwesha Gowda def. Samaira Malhotra, 15-1 15-3.
Muskan Mishra def. Garima Sharma, 15-3 15-3.
Hiya Wadhwa def. Vidushi Jaidka, 15-7 15-9.
Stuti Agrawal def. Arzoo, 15-3 15-5.
Jiya Rawat def. Kajal Panwar, 15-10 15-14.
Rayaana Manchanda def. Ayushi Sharma, 13-15 15-9 15-7.
Aashi Baliyan def. Tanvi Panwar, 15-7 15-6.
Anmol Kharb def. Mariyam Asna, 15-10 15-9.
Isobel Kuriyan def. Aadya Gupta, 15-3 15-3.
Anjali Rautela def. Arushi Gupta, 15-4 11-15 15-7.
Nehal Sharma def. Saumya Chauhan, 15-3 15-5.
Riddhima Sahrawat def. Ishita Bhargava, 15-13 15-7.
Palak Arora def. Suhani Singh Das, 15-7 15-0.
Muskaan Sangwan def. Vinita Dagar, 15-2 15-4.
Siddhi Kumar def. Ranya Rana, 15-5 15-7.
Harshit Kaur def. Radha Kakkar, 15-5 15-5.
Suhana Mansoori def. Saaranya Singh, 15-4 15-8.
Khushboo Sao def. Nishtha Soti, 15-1 15-2.
Unnati Hooda def. Chitwan Khatri, 15-4 15-2.
Sanvie Anand def. Vanshika Thakur, 15-10 15-8.
Tayba Riza def. Navya Mathur, 15-10 15-9.
Riddhima Raturi def. Himani Sardar, 15-12 15-13.
Ragini Jain def. Angelina Valsan, 15-11 15-11.
Himmaja K def. Himani Lamba, 15-11 15-6.
Muskan Chahal def. Kashvi Yadav, 15-11 15-13.
Megha Nasir def. Pritika Rastogi, 15-14 15-12.
Myra Grover def. Vaishnavi Puneyani, 15-10 14-15 15-11.
Sakshi Phogat def. Jahnvi Karnatac, 15-0 15-1.
Anushree Venkatesh def. Kiah Tandon, 15-12 15-6.
Boys Singles Under-15
Round of 128
Shivansh Negi def. Jaisnav Bhadana, 15-1 15-0.
Boys Singles Under-17
Round of 256
Karan Singh def. Shishir Garg, 12-15 15-7 15-8.
Match Schedule:
City
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Date
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New Delhi
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April 3-7, 2017
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Chandigarh
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April 10-13, 2017
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Indore
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April 17-20, 2017
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Mumbai
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April 24-28, 2017
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Bangalore
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May 3-6, 2017
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Hyderabad
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May 10-13, 2017
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Guwahati
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May 22-25, 2017
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Lucknow
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May 30-June 1, 2017
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Grand Finale – New Delhi
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June/July 2017
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