Aditya Joshi, Reshma Karthik bag u-19 titles

Sub junior national champion Aditya joshi and Reshma Karthik, both from Air India, bagged the u-19 boys and girls singles titles in the All India Junior Ranking badminton tournament in Hyderabad on Saturday.

Joshi, who had to settle for the runners up spot in the junior nationals last year, avenged the loss in Imphal against his teammate Harsheel Dani 18-21, 21-10, 21-18 in an hour long encounter, while Reshma upset junior national champion and top seed G Ruthiva Shivani 21-18, 21-16 in just 36 minutes.

The loss also ended Ruthvika’s hopes of bagging the double crown, having won the girls u-17 singles final against third seed Shriyanshi Pardeshi 21-18, 18-21, 21-13.

Second seed S Daniel Farid claimed the u-17 boys singles title with a 21-14, 21-17 victory over Sankeerth BR.

Final results:

U-17:

Boys singles: S Daniel Farid bt BR Sankeerth 21-14, 21-17

Boys doubles: Chirag Shetty/M R Arjun bt Rohan Kapoor/Saurabh Sharma 21-15, 13-21, 21-13

Girls singles: Ruthvika Shivai bt Shriyanshi Pardeshi 21-18, 18-21, 21-13

Girls doubles: Mahima Aggarwal/Shikha Gautam bt Kanika Kanwal/Shriyanshi Pardeshi 21-11, 21-15

U-19

Boys singles: Aditya Joshi bt Harsheel Dani 18-21, 21-10, 21-18

Boys doubles: K Chaitanya Reddy/Santosh Ravuri bt Shyam Prasad/Shlok Ramchandran 14-21, 22-20, 21-18

Girls singles: Reshma Karthik bt Ruthvika Shivani 21-18, 21-16

Girls doubles: J Meghana/K Maneesha bt Sruthi KP/Farha Mather 21-16, 21-18

Mixed doubles: Sanyam Shukla/J Meghana bt Santosh Ravuri/K Maneesha 25-23, 29-27