Jaipur: The Rajasthan pair of Vayam Lamba and Shreyansh Choudhary kept the hosts’ challenge alive by entering the final of the ongoing Yonex-Sunrise All India Sub-Junior (U-15 & U-17) Ranking Badminton tournament here on Thursday.On the penultimate day at the Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium, the second seeded pair of Vayam and Shreyansh quelled the spirited challenge from Karnataka duo of Gautam S Nair and Siddharth S Nair, seeded third, 16-14, 15-13 in an exciting U-15 boys doubles semi-finals.Earlier in the quarter-finals, the Vayam-Shreyansh staged a spectacular comeback to beat Aditya Yaul (Maharashtra) and Samvith Ramesh (Jharkhand) 15-17, 15-11, 16-14 in a marathon three-game encounter.However, Vayam’s challenge in the singles ended in the quarters by sixth seed from Telangana Chinmay Wankhede, who won 15-10, 15-13.The brilliant run of home pair Anand Maderana and Yuvraj Singh also ended in the quarters. Gautam Nair and Siddharth Nair outwitted Rajasthan’s pair 15-12, 15-7 in the U-15 boys doubles.
Rajasthan’s Vayam Lamba steals the show in the ongoing All India Sub-Junior (U-15 & U-17) Ranking Badminton tournament at the Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium on Wednesday
In the U-17 mixed doubles category, Aryan Bhatta and Joyal Rana edged past Rajasthan’s Anshuman Choudhary and Maharashtra’s Sarayu Ranjane 15-9, 3-15, 15-12.In the U-15 boys’ singles semi-finals, Linesh Vaibav S of Tamil Nadu dismissed Krishav Puppala of Telangana 15-9, 15-8, while Chinmay Wankhede of Telangana defeated Jatin Kumar of Haryana 15-8, 15-9.In the U-15 girls’ singles, top seeded Alexia Elsa Alexander of Kerala defeated Lakshmi Sai of Andhra Pradesh 15-8, 18-16, while third seeded Inayat Gulati of Punjab squeezed out second seeded Aryama Chakraborty of West Bengal 20-21, 15-11, 15-11.Fifth seeded Laksha Dhanesh of Tamil Nadu thumped Mahvish Kaur of Punjab 15-9, 15-8 in the U-17 girls’ semis.In the Under-17 boys’ singles semifinals, Mohit Darshan Mahesh Kumar of Tamil Nadu defeated Srichetan Shaurya of Telangana 15-11, 15-11.The Indian Handball Federation secretary and South Asian Handball committee chairperson Tejraj Singh, SDMH Administrative Officer George Thomas, Rajasthan Badminton Association vice president and Jaipur District Badminton Association secretary Manoj Dasot also presented medals to the players who lost in the semi-finals.Vayam Lamba and Shreyansh Choudhary have been taking coaching from coach Yadavendra Singh Shekhawat at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium for the last six years.
