· 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
New Delhi, April 6, 2017: PNB MetLife Junior Badminton Championship Season 3 continued to spell-bound the audience with top class badminton action on the 4th day of the tournament at Thyagaraj Stadium, New Delhi. The tournament is being organized by Sara Foundation (an organisation for the promotion of sports)In the Boys Singles U-17 category of PNB MetLife Junior Badminton Championship Season 3, top seed Dhruv Rawat from Uttarakhand breezed past unseeded Anshul Budhwar from Haryana in straight sets 15-5, 15-2. In another match in the same category, 4th seed Himanshu Dabas from Delhi had to struggle to get past unseeded Nandis Poddar in a close 3-setter with scores 15-11, 13-15, 15-11
In the Girls Singles U-15 category, top seed Sneha Rajwar from Uttarakhand continued her winning streak by registering a comfortable 15-4, 15-3 against Saloni Goyal from Haryana.
Last year’s Under-9 national champion Neer Nehwal from Delhi advanced to the semi-finals in Boys Singles U-11 by defeating Mohammad Arsh from Uttar Pradesh with scores 11-4, 11-7. Neer kept his claim alive in Boys Singles U-13 category by beating Abdul Qadir Jeelani from Delhi with scores 15-12, 15-12.
Details with scores are as follows:
Boys Singles Under-9
Round of 16
Manjeet Chaudhary, Delhi, def. Navraj, Haryana, 11-0 11-5.
Shiven Upmanyu, Delhi, def. Devvart Goswami, Delhi, 11-9 11-7.
Arjun, Haryana, def. Arith Aggarwal, Delhi, 10-11 11-10 11-0.
Uday Bhan Mehra, Delhi, def. Aggam, Delhi, 11-0 11-2.
Nishant Sehwag, Delhi, def. Sivanaga Sai K, Delhi, 10-11 11-7 11-9.
Ayush Kumar (Gyan Chandra), def. Raghav Manoj Sharma, Delhi, 11-10 11-7.
Harsh Choudhary, Delhi, def. Siddarth Garg, Delhi, 11-5 11-4.
Aksh Singh, U.P., def. Raghay Garg, Delhi, 11-2 11-1.
Quarter-Finals
Manjeet Chaudhary, Delhi, def. Shiven Upmanyu, Delhi, 11-5 11-4.
Arjun, Haryana, def. Uday Bhan Mehra, Delhi, 11-8 11-4.
Ayush Kumar (Gyan Chandra), def. Nishant Sehwag, Delhi, 11-7 11-3.
Aksh Singh, U.P., def. Harsh Choudhary, Delhi, 11-1 9-11 11-9.
Girls Singles Under-9
Quarter-Finals
B.R Madhumita Ramamoorthy, Haryana, def. Manya Lalani, Delhi, 4-11 11-8 11-7.
Ashe Singh, U.P., def. Ashlesha Sharma, U.P., 11-6 11-7.
Ananya Bhardwaj, Haryana, def. Harshita Yadav, Delhi, 11-5 11-2.
Shruti Chouhan, U.P., def. Naisha Ahlawat, Delhi, 11-6 11-4.
Boys Singles Under-11
Round of 32
Neer Nehwal, Delhi, def. Taksh Bhati, Rajasthan, 11-2 11-4.
Pulkit Bazad, Haryana, def. Dev Rathi, Delhi, 11-10 11-10.
Ayaaz Malik, Delhi, def. Ojas Sehrawat, Delhi, 11-8 11-3.
Mohammad Arsh, U.P., def. Siddharth Rawat, Delhi, 11-7 11-9.
Chirag Choudhary, Uttarakhand, def. Parth Chawla, Haryana, 11-8 11-7.
Bhavya Chhabra, U.P., def. Adi Biswanath Sahoo, Delhi, 11-4 11-0.
Vibhas Agarwal, Delhi, def. Sivanaga Sai Kondreddy, Delhi, 11-1 11-3.
Tanush Jain, Delhi, def. Arnav Goyal, Delhi, 11-5 11-7.
Veer Pratap Singh, U.P., def. Daksh Bhati, Rajasthan, 11-5 11-8.
Vansh Dev, Delhi, def. Vedant Pahwa, Delhi, 11-4 11-5.
Divay Paarth Pal, Delhi, def. Tejasva Sharma, U.P., 11-8 8-11 11-4.
Divyansh Rawat, Delhi, def. Aryan Gupta, Delhi, 10-11 11-9 11-8.
Ryan Ranjan, Delhi, def. Azeem Ali, Delhi, 11-4 11-0.
Param Choudhary, Delhi, def. Raghav Banga, Delhi, 11-3 9-11 11-4.
Manish Phogat, Delhi, def. Aditya Kanwal, Delhi, 11-4 11-3.
Devang Tomar, U.P., def. Vrish Ketan, Uttarakhand, 11-2 11-4.
Round of 16
Neer Nehwal, Delhi, def. Pulkit Bazad, Haryana, 11-3 11-1.
Mohammad Arsh, U.P., def. Ayaaz Malik, Delhi, 11-6 11-6.
Chirag Choudhary, Uttarakhand, def. Bhavya Chhabra, U.P., 11-7 11-4.
Vibhas Agarwal, Delhi, def. Tanush Jain, Delhi, 11-7 11-4.
Vansh Dev, Delhi, def. Veer Pratap Singh, U.P., 11-2 11-7.
Divyansh Rawat, Delhi, def. Divay Paarth Pal, Delhi, 11-6 11-9.
Ryan Ranjan, Delhi, def. Param Choudhary, Delhi, 11-7 11-5.
Devang Tomar, U.P., def. Manish Phogat, Delhi, 11-9 6-11 11-8.
Quarter-Finals
Neer Nehwal, Delhi, def. Mohammad Arsh, U.P., 11-4 11-7.
Chirag Choudhary, Uttarakhand, def. Vibhas Agarwal, Delhi, 11-6 11-8.
Vansh Dev, Delhi, def. Divyansh Rawat, Delhi, 11-7 11-5.
Devang Tomar, U.P., def. Ryan Ranjan, Delhi, 11-9 11-9.
Girls Singles Under-11
Round of 16
Riddhima Sahrawat, Delhi, def. Riya Lohia, 11-4 11-5.
Anmol Kharb, Haryana, def. Anushree Venkatesh, Delhi, 9-11 11-8 11-9.
Unnati Hooda, Haryana, def. Shreya Tripathi, U.P., 11-2 11-2.
Khushi Punia, Rajasthan, def. Rayaana Manchanda, Delhi, 11-8 11-9.
Vanshika Thakur, Delhi, def. Suhaani Shukla, Delhi, 11-7 11-7.
Anandini Nagda, Rajasthan, def. Shruti Chouhan, U.P., 11-8 11-5.
Manvi, Delhi, def. Ridhima Sharma, Delhi, 11-9 11-4.
Anwesha Gowda, Delhi, def. Aadya Jain, Delhi, 11-7 11-8.
Quarter-Finals
Anmol Kharb, Haryana, def. Riddhima Sahrawat, Delhi, 11-4 11-1.
Unnati Hooda, Haryana, def. Khushi Punia, Rajasthan, 11-4 11-5.
Vanshika Thakur, Delhi, def. Anandini Nagda, Rajasthan, 2-11 11-4 11-8.
Anwesha Gowda, Delhi, def. Manvi, Delhi, 8-11 11-3 11-1.
Boys Singles Under-13
Round of 32
Chirag Khatri (1), Delhi, def. Sarwar Deshwal, Haryana, 15-7 15-3.
Shivansh Negi, Delhi, def. Vrish Ketan, Uttarakhand, 15-8 15-12.
Manish Phogat, Delhi, def. Vansh Dev (8), Delhi, 15-11 15-10.
Anmol Bhutani, Haryana, def. Veer Pratap Singh, U.P., 15-13 15-13.
Telaprolu Teja Venkatesh (4), Delhi, def. Mohd Akram Khan, U.P., 15-7 15-13.
Ryan Ranjan, Delhi, def. Abhigyan Sharma, Delhi, 15-12 14-15 15-9.
Aaryan Sapiah, Delhi, def. Likhit Srivastava (6), Delhi, 15-12 15-11.
Kush Vats, Delhi, def. Harsh Vardhan, Delhi, 15-12 15-9.
Nilesh Singh Rajwar, Uttarakhand, def. Dhwanit Kriplani, 15-7 15-13.
Neer Nehwal (5), Delhi, def. Abdul Qadir Jeelani, Delhi, 15-12 15-12.
Dev Maheshwari, Delhi, def. Shourya Katoch, Delhi, 15-11 15-8.
Devang Tomar (3), U.P., def. Rudransh Negi, Delhi, 15-8 15-14.
Pulkit Bansal, Rajasthan, def. Siddharth Rawat, Delhi, 15-12 15-13.
Khooshee Kumar Pankaj, Delhi, def. Vedanth Sudhir, Delhi, 15-10 15-12.
Ishan Rohilla, Delhi, def. Utsav Rana, Delhi, 15-8 15-13.
Manraj Singh (2), Delhi, def. Yash Dabas, 15-6 15-6.
Girls Singles Under-13
Round of 32
Anwesha Gowda, Delhi, def. Muskan Mishra, Delhi, 15-10 15-14.
Stuti Agrawal, Delhi, def. Hiya Wadhwa, Delhi, 15-11 11-15 15-8.
Jiya Rawat, Haryana, def. Rayaana Manchanda, Delhi, 15-4 15-0.
Anmol Kharb, Haryana, def. Aashi Baliyan, Delhi, 15-2 15-6.
Isobel Kuriyan, Delhi, def. Anjali Rautela, 15-4 15-7.
Nehal Sharma, Delhi, def. Poojita Chowdary Alla, Delhi, 15-4 15-4.
Palak Arora, Delhi, def. Riddhima Sahrawat, Delhi, 15-10 15-5.
Muskaan Sangwan, Delhi, def. Siddhi Kumar, U.P., 15-10 15-11.
Harshit Kaur, Delhi, def. Ira, w.o.
Khushboo Sao, Delhi, def. Suhana Mansoori, Delhi, 8-15 15-13 15-10.
Unnati Hooda, Haryana, def. Sanvie Anand, Delhi, 15-4 15-11.
Riddhima Raturi, Delhi, def. Tayba Riza, Delhi, 15-12 15-8.
Ragini Jain, Delhi, def. Aradhana Ravindran, Delhi, 15-4 15-11.
Muskan Chahal def. Himmaja K, Delhi, 15-8 15-5.
Myra Grover, Delhi, def. Megha Nasir, Delhi, 14-15 15-5 15-14.
Sakshi Phogat, Rajasthan, def. Anushree Venkatesh, Delhi, 15-10 15-3.
Boys Singles Under-15
Round of 32
Shubham Patel (1), Rajasthan, def. Abhinav Manglam, Delhi, 15-7 15-2.
Aryan Hooda, Haryana, def. Rudra Pratap Singh, U.P., 15-11 15-9.
Advit Bhargava (6), Delhi, def. Ayush Kumar Singh, U.P., 15-2 15-2.
Girls Singles Under-15
Round of 32
Sneha Rajwar (1), Uttarakhand, def. Saloni Goyal, Haryana, 15-4 15-3.
Shehjar Chowdhury, Delhi, def. Stuti Agrawal, Delhi, 15-7 15-13.
Sakshi Phogat, Rajasthan, def. Ayushi Dodhwal, Delhi, 15-14 15-13.
Khushboo Sao, Delhi, def. Meenal Rautela, Delhi, 13-15 15-10 15-14.
Simran, Haryana, def. Sameera Nanda, Delhi, 15-5 15-5.
Anna Phogat, Delhi, def. Riya Gupta (Manoj Kumar Gupta), 15-7 15-8.
Khushi Thakkar, Delhi, def. Somya Gupta, 15-14 15-7.
Navdha Manglam, Delhi, def. Parneet Kaur, Delhi, 15-5 15-8.
Anupama Upadhyaya (5), Uttarakhand, def. Khushi Pant, Delhi, 14-15 15-5 15-7.
Sana Verma, Delhi, def. Kanika Balhara, Delhi, 15-7 15-2.
Aradhyaa Kushwaha (3) def. Ayushi Dhasmana, U.P., 15-11 15-7.
Vidushi Singh (6), Delhi, def. Nupur Malhotra, Delhi, 15-4 15-8.
Suhana Mansoori, Delhi, def. Anusha Singh, Delhi, 13-15 15-9 15-4.
Boys Singles Under-17
Round of 64
Dhruv Rawat (1), Uttarakhand, def. Anshul Budhwar, Haryana, 15-5 15-2.
Nitin Kumar, Delhi, def. Aditya Das, Delhi, 15-4 15-7.
Dheeraj, Delhi, def. Dev Inder Singh Bagga, Delhi, 15-9 15-2.
Shivender Kumar, Delhi, def. Aryan Chaudhary, Delhi, w.o.
Mukul Teotia, Delhi, def. Lakhan Yadav, Delhi, 15-9 15-9.
Pankaj def. Kartikye Singh, Delhi, 15-6 15-7.
Vimal Prajapat, Delhi, def. Ajit Kr Ashutosh, Delhi, 15-11 6-15 15-9.
Bharat Raghav, Haryana, def. Parakram Rai, Delhi, 15-7 15-7.
Himanshu Dabas (4), Delhi, def. Nandis Poddar, 15-11 13-15 15-11.
Divit Bhardwaj, Delhi, def. Yatharth Choudhary, Delhi, 15-8 15-6.
Harsh Kumar, U.P., def. Suraj Tewatia, Haryana, 15-6 11-15 15-4.
Aman Gupta, Delhi, def. Naman Singh Nehra, Delhi, 15-10 15-10.
Saharsh Mohan (7), U.P., def. Rohit Singh, M.P., 15-3 15-11.
Pranav Sharma, U.P., def. Ritik Agarwal (Ashok Kumar), U.P., 15-7 15-2.
Raghvender Partap Singh, Delhi, def. Harmehar Raheja, Delhi, 15-6 15-2.
Chirag Seth, Delhi, def. Himansh Batra, U.P., 15-7 14-15 15-11.
Rehan Rathee, Haryana, def. Hariom, Delhi, 15-14 14-15 15-9.
Advit Bhargava, Delhi, def. Shivam Puneyani, Delhi, 15-1 15-2.
Nikunj Pandey, Rajasthan, def. Aditya Verma, Delhi, 15-11 15-12.
Pushaan Leo Paul (6), def. Raghav Sandhu, Delhi, 15-3 15-7.
Devvarat def. Sanskar Chopra, Delhi, 15-10 8-15 15-9.
Aman Nandal, Haryana, def. Arjun Garg, Delhi, 15-5 15-11.
Mohit Kumar (Dashrath Kumar), Delhi, def. Akash Paswan, Delhi, 15-1 13-15 15-7.
Arjun Rehani (3), Delhi, def. Akash, Delhi, 15-7 13-15 15-7.
Manish Singh, Delhi, def. Vishal Deswal, Haryana, w.o.
Vaasu Himmatramka, Delhi, def. Keshav Makker, Delhi, 15-5 14-15 15-8.
Rishi Kukreja, Delhi, def. Kanishk Raj, 11-15 15-14 15-10.
Shubham Patel (5), Rajasthan, def. Shivam Mehta, Uttarakhand, 15-11 15-11.
Aabhas Agarwal, Delhi, def. Chirag Nagpal, Delhi, 15-4 15-6.
Eshaan Duggal, Delhi, def. Lucky Yadav, Delhi, 15-9 15-13.
Aryan Hooda, Haryana, def. Shivam Agrawal, Delhi, 15-10 15-5.
Tarun Gakhad (2) def. Arv Nagpal, Delhi, 15-6 15-6.
Match Schedule:
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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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