Jaipur: Promising shuttler Rashi Singhal grabbed the Under-11 girls singles crown as the Under-19 mixed doubles pair of Bhanu Pratap and Padmaja Singh triumphed in the RD Baheti Charitable Trust Jaipur District Open Badminton Championship at the Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium here on Saturday.On the sixth day of the eight-day long tournament, the finals of the two categories were played. Rashi Singhal ousted Abhika Meena 21-16, 21-8 in the U-11 girls singles final.In the U-19 mixed doubles summit clash, the duo of Bhanu Pratap and Padmaja Singh defeated the pair of Hrithik Verma and Reva Awasthi 21-11, 21-13 to win the title.Garima Yadav trounced Devanshi Lal 21-12, 21-7, while Nidhi prevailed over Yashasvi Sharma 21-8, 22-20 in the U-19 girls singles semi-finals.In the U-19 girls doubles, Navya Arora-Pratiksha downed Aishwarya and Kashika Jain 21-11, 21-7 and will lock horns with Advika Agarwal-Garima Yadav in the final on Sunday.Title-favourite Rakshit Singh Mehra, Lakshit Rewar, Naitik Bansal and Garvit Dahiya reached the U-11 boys singles semis.The four semifinalists of the U-19 boys singles are Bhanu Pratap, Ayush Yadav, Amber Chandravanshi and Bhavya Deep Singh Pawar.Dhairya Rajpal-Satwik Chaudhary, Amber Chandravanshi-Pranjal Kaushik, Bhanu Pratap-Vishal and Ansh-Vineet made it to the U-19 boys doubles semis.According to Jaipur District Badminton Association secretary Manoj Dasot and organizing secretary Atul Gupta, the finals of all the remaining events will be played on Sunday. The prize distribution function will be held at 5 pm on Monday at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium Badminton Hall.
