GUWAHATI, Dec 18 - Manipur boy Maisnam Meiraba clinched the boys U-17 singles title in the 42nd Junior National Badminton Championship which came to an end at the Deshbhakta Tarun Ram Phookan Indoor Stadium here this evening.
In the thrilling boys U-19 final, Aryaman Tandon of Air India beat his teammate Rahul Bhardhvaj BM 10-21, 21-18, 21-19. In the closing function State Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Arunachal Pradesh Home Minister Kumar Waii were present and gave away the prizes along with other guests.
Final results: (Girls singles, U-17) Akarshi Kashyap, Chattisgarh bt Malvika Banson, Maharashtra 21-23, 21-17, 21-12; (Boys doubles, U-17) Navaneeth Bokka/Vishnuvardhan Goud P (Telangana) bt Dhruv Rawat, Uttarakhand/Akash Yadav, Delhi 21-14, 21-13; (Mixed doubles, U-19) Krishna Prasad G, Andhra Pradesh/Mithula UK, Air India bt Sri Krishna SKP, Telangana/Rutaparna Panda, Odisha 23-21, 21-18; (Boys Doubles, U-19) Vishnuvardhan Goud P/Sri Krishna SKP, Telangana bt Sanjai Srivatsa D, Pondicherry/Siddarth Elango, Telangana 21-16, 21-19; (Girls singles, U-19) Akarshi Kashyap, Chattisgarh bt Vaidehi Choudhari, Maharashtra 22-20, 21-11; (Girls doubles, U-19) Rutaparna Panda, Odisha/Mithula UK, Air India bt Simran Singhi/Ritika Thaker, Maharashtra 21-14, 21-13; (Boys singles, U-17) Maisnam Meiraba, Manipur bt Amit Rathore, Madhya Pradesh 21-13, 21-10; (Girls doubles, U-17) Trisha Hegde/Drithi Yatheesh, Karnataka bt Keyura Mopati, Telangana/Kavi Priya S, Pondicherry 19-21, 21-15, 22-20; (Boys singles, U-19) Aryaman Tandon, Air India bt Rahul Bhardhvaj BM, Air India 10-21, 21-18, 21-19.
