PANAJI (GOA)

Arjun Fallary is poised for a triple crown while Yash Kunkalienker, Yasmin Sayed, Sushil Nayak and Rudra Dukle are vying for double crowns each, at the 12th Manohar Dhond Memorial Major Ranking Badminton Tournament, organised in collaboration with Goa Badminton Association and the SAG, at Indoor stadium, Campal. Arjun almost made it into his fourth finals but lost the Under 19 Boys singles narrowly to second-seeded Yash Kunkalienker in a close hard fought match. In the other Under 19 boys semis, top seed Aashrun Gautam was in control as he breezed past Parth Kantak with comfortable ease. In Under 19 Girls singles finals, Yasmin will face the stiff challenge of top seed Anjana Kumari. The Under 17 Boys singles will be a tough contest between Shushil Nayak and Arjun Fallary who have won one title a piece in this category this season while Aahana Nayak will play her maiden finals in the Under 17 Girls section where she will be up against top-seeded Yasmin Sayed.

Following are the semi-finals results:

Under 17 Girls Singles

Yasmin Sayed bt Simran Pathak 21-8, 21-10

Aahana Nayak bt Sachi Dhavalikar 22-20, 19-21, 21-13

Under 17 Boys Singles

Sushil Nayak bt Archit Bhargava 21-16, 21-11

Arjun Fallary bt Ayaan Shaikh 21-19, 21-12

Under 19 Girls Singles

Anjana Kumari bt Aahana Nayak 21-7, 21-12

Yasmin Sayed bt Sachi Dhavalikar 21-5, 21-14

Under 19 Boys Singles

Aashrun Gautam bt Parth Kantak 21-5, 21-10

Yash Kunkalienker bt Arjun Fallary 21-17, 19-21, 21-14

Under 17 Boys Doubles

Arjun Fallary / Rudra Dukle bt Sushil Nayak / Minino D’ Souza 21-19, 21-10

Tejas Tendulkar / Ayaan Sheikh bt Parth Kantak / Aryaman Saraf 25-23, 21-19

Under 19 Boys Doubles

Yash Kunkalienker / Sushil Nayak bt Tejas Tendulkar / Ayaan Sheikh 21-15, 21-16

Arjun Fallary / Rudra Dukle bt Sadiq Attar / Ritesh Borkar 21-7, 21-11