Third seed Abi Amudhan rallied from a game down to defeat fourth seed Nikhil Shyam Sriram 17-21, 21-10, 21-19 ro emerge champion in the under-17 boys’ singles category of the Yonex Sunrise State Badminton championships here on Thursday.
Sriram, however, made up for the disappointment by teaming up with Madhuranayagam to capture the boys under-17 doubles title. They defeated Amudhan and Nikhit Laxman 21-17, 18-21, 21-13.
In the boys U-15 category final, Tejas Kallolkar earned a hard fought 17-21, 21-14, 21-19 win over Kartik Vyakaranam.
In the girls’ U-15 singles final, third seed Drithi Yatheesh staged an upset as she overcame top seed Shivani A Pathi 21-19, 21-19 in a close contest to clinch the title.
Meanwhile, second seed Ashwini Bhat K claimed the top prize in the U-17 girls’ summit clash when Apeksha Nayak chose to retire due to injury in the second game trailing 6-12 in the second. Apeksha lost the first game 16-21.
Results (prefix denotes seeding): Boys: U-17: Singles, final: 3-Abi Amudhan S bt 4-Nikhil Shyam Sriram 17-21, 21-10, 21-19.
Semifinals: 3-Abi Amudhan S bt 1-Kiran B 21-18, 19-21, 21-14; 4-Nikhil Shyam Sriram bt 2-Mayuresh Janpandit 24-22, 21-16.
Doubles, final: 1-Madhuranayagam L/ Nikhil Shyam Sriram bt 2-Abi Amudhan S/ Nikhit Laxman 21-17, 18-21, 21-13.
Semifinals: 1-Madhuranayagam L/ Nikhil Shyam Sriram bt 3-Mayuresh Janpandit/ Sai Pratheek Krishna Prasad 21-19, 18-21, 21-17; 2-Abi Amudhan S/ Nikhit Laxman bt 4-Kiran B/ Vishnuh R Paura 19-21, 21-17, 21-17.
U-15: Singles, final: 1-Tejas Kallolkar bt Kartik Vyakaranam 17-21, 21-14, 21-19.
Semifinals: 1-Tejas Kallolkar bt 4-Bhargav S Gowda 19-21, 21-13, 21-17; Kartik Vyakaranam bt 2-Mohit Gowda Palaksha 21-16, 21-19.
Doubles, final: 1-Ajinkya Joshi/ Tejas Kallolkar bt 2-Pruthvi Roy K/ Saket CS 21-16, 21-18.
Semifinals: 1-Ajinkya Joshi/ Tejas Kallolkar bt 4-Bhargav S Gowda/ Mohitgowda Palaksha 21-9, 21-17; 2-Pruthvi Roy K/ Saket CS bt 3-Chinmaya Venkatesh/ Srikar Rajesh 21-16, 17-21, 21-16.
U-13: Singles, final: 1-Naren S Iyer bt 3-Saneeth S Dayanand 21-11, 21-12.
Semifinals: 1-Naren S Iyer bt Ayush Shetty 21-18, 21-8; 3-Saneeth S Dayanand bt 8-Suhas V 21-15, 21-12.
Doubles, final: 1-Suhas V/ Vishesh Sharma bt 8-Mayur K/ Naren S Iyer 21-14, 22-24, 21-15.
Semifinals: 1-Suhas V/ Vishesh Sharma bt 4-Sumukh GS/ Tushar Suveer 21-15, 17-21, 21-13; 8-Mayur K/ Naren S Iyer bt 2-Aditya Diwakar/ Chiranjeevi Reddy S 21-16, 21-18.
Girls: U-17: Singles, final: 2-Ashwini Bhat K bt 3-Apeksha Nayak 21-16, 12-6 (retired).
Semifinals: 3-Apeksha Nayak bt 1-Deepthi Ramesh 21-12, 21-19; 2-Ashwini Bhat K bt 4-Archana Pai 21-13, 21-9.
U-15: Singles, final: 3-Drithi Yatheesh bt 1-Shivani A Pathi 21-19, 21-19. Semifinals: 1-Shivani A Pathi bt 8-Keerthana P Shroff 21-16, 21-7; 3-Drithi Yatheesh bt 2-Trisha Hegde 21-19, 21-6.
U-13: Singles, final: 2-Kriti Bharadwaj bt 1-Tanya Hemanth 19-21, 21-18, 21-8.
Semifinals: 1-Tanya Hemanth bt 3-Kushi Athreya 21-19, 21-11; 2-Kriti Bharadwaj bt 4-Niyati Prabhu N 21-14, 21-12.