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Pune’s Yashwi Patel produced another stunning comeback to defeat seventh seed Nishika Gokhe and clinch the Girls U-19 title at the Yonex Sunrise State Badminton Selection Tournament. Top seed Arjun Aluguvelli won the Boys U-19 crown with a straight-game victory. Thane’s Arjun and Aryan Birajdar dominated the Boys Doubles, while Pune and Thane pairs shared the remaining doubles titles.

Yashwi Patel of Pune kept up her seed bashing form, knocking out seventh seed Nishika Gokhe of Nagpur to wear the Girls U-19 crown in the Yonex Sunrise State U-19 Badminton Selection Tournament, organized by GMBA, promoted by Badminton Gurukul and hosted by Willingdon SC.

Making comeback wins a habit, Yashwi rallied from a shaky start to collect herself, put up a strong showing and win the tie 11-21, 21-15, 2-12. In the Boys U-19 title clash, top seed Arjun Aluguvelli of Mumbai Suburbs lived up to his billing, getting the better of Nagpur’s 2 nd  seed 21-16, 21-18 with a composed, attacking display.

In the Boys Doubles final, the Thane pair of Arjun Birajdar and Aryan Birajdar dominated throughout to overcome Aayush Adey of Pune and Tanay Mehendale of Raigad 21-12, 21-14, while the Girls Doubles title was won by Sharayu Ranjane and Soyara Shelar of Pune, who survived a thrilling first game before defeating Pranjal Shinde of Raigad and Yashwi Patel of Pune 26-24, 21-8.

In the Mixed Doubles U19 final, Sanidhya Ekade of Thane and Yutika Chavan of Pune produced an impressive performance to beat the second-seeded Pune duo of Sayaji Shelar and Soyara Shelar 21-14, 21-11 and emerge champions.