Nishika Gokhe and Yashwi Patel entered the Girls U-19 final of the Yonex Sunrise State Badminton Tournament after upsetting the top two seeds. In the Boys U-19 category, top seed Arjun Aluguvelli and second seed Rutva Sajwan advanced to the title clash following hard-fought semi-final victories.
Mumbai, May 23: It was the end of the road for the top two seeds among the Girls U-19, who crashed out at different stages of the Yonex Sunrise State U-19 Badminton Selection Tournament, organised by GMBA, promoted by Badminton Gurukul and hosted by Willingdon SC.
While top seed Yutika Chavan of Pune went down in a tough quarter-final encounter against seventh seed Nishika Gokhe of Nagpur that could have gone either way, second seed Ridheema Sarpate of Nagpur lost to unseeded Yashwi Patel of Pune in straight games in the semi-finals.
Top seeds bow out in girls’ category
Nishika was the better player on the day, with enough energy and grit to rally from the loss of the first game and defeat Yutika 18-21, 21-19, 21-17. Nishika then got on to the court again after a couple of hours’ rest to defeat Mumbai Suburb’s Ketaki Thite 22-20, 21-14 in the semi-finals. She will take on Yashwi for the title, who outplayed second seed Ridheema 21-18, 21-18 in the other semi-final.
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