Karnataka boys and Tamil Nadu girls win junior badminton nationals
The two teams secured titles at the 49th Yonex-Sunrise Inter-State Inter-Zonal Junior National Badminton Championships in Gangtok.
Karnataka boys and Tamil Nadu girls were crowned champions at the 49th Yonex-Sunrise Inter-State Inter-Zonal Junior National Badminton Championships in Gangtok on Sunday, according to Rediff and Telangana Today.
Both teams secured their titles with 2-0 victories in their respective finals. Karnataka defeated Assam, while Tamil Nadu beat Delhi, the silver medallists from the previous edition.
The titles were available after defending champions Mizoram boys and Telangana girls failed to qualify for the Inter-Zonals. In the girls' final, 2025 Asian U-17 girls' singles champion Diksha SR defeated Rishika Nandi 15-12, 15-12. Ananya Arun and Anjana Manikandan then won the doubles match 16-14, 12-15, 15-10 against Nandi and Ishita Negi to seal the win.
In the boys' category, Hardik Divyansh defeated 2023 Asian U-15 champion Bornil Changmai 18-16, 15-6 in the singles. The doubles pair of Pavan Suresh and Punith Suresh then beat Aanayan Borah and Changmai 15-9, 10-15, 15-7 to clinch the championship for Karnataka.