JOIN USAfter taking the first game 21-13, Shubam failed to capitalise as Rakshak fought back to take a close second game 22-20. Inanother close final game Shubam held his nerves to edge past his opponent and take the game 21-18 and with it the match.
In the girls U-16 category, Maitreyi came back from a game down to sneak past Naganetra Reddy 17-21, 21-16, 22-20 in an engrossing match.
Results, boys: U-16: Siddarth S bt Thejas MK 21-11, 21-10; Raghu M bt Siddarth Lengde 21-19, 21-19; Venkatesh Mani bt Jagadish 21-8, 21-9; Kaustubh Narayan bt Abhay Mane 21-10, 21-11; Nishanth M bt Yash Lad 21-13, 21-12; Loksainath bt Siddarth ES 21-14, 21-15; Jaswanth Gowda bt Devanand G 21-16, 21-14; Yuvaraj Shinde bt Sankalp Sarnobath 21-7, 21-9; Shubam Bhusari bt S Rakshak 21-13, 20-22, 21-18; Rajat R bt Sudeep Suresh 21-19, 21-19; Daniel S Farid bt Manish 21-15, 21-12; Anish Upadye bt Aashik R 21-11, 21-16; Harshith Agarwal bt Yashswi w/o.
Girls, U-16: Poorvisha S Ram bt Nalini 21-6, retd; Maitreyi bt Naganetra Reddy 17-21, 21-16, 22-20; Anagha Unni bt Vijeyatha AK 21-2, 21-15; Chinmayi Desai bt Inchara 21-16, 21-13; Anisha D Karumbaiah bt Manya R Shekar 21-4, 21-6; Priya Prakash bt Shreesha 21-4, 21-4; Mira Mahadevan bt Ashna 21-2, 21-6; Devika Ravindra bt Divya 21-4, 21-3.