Teenager Aakarshi Kashyap of Chhattisgarh claimed double crown winning girls’ singles U-17 and U-19 titles in 25th Smt Krishna Khaitan Memorial All India Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament organised by Express Shuttle Club in Chandigarh on Sunday.
In the girls’ U-17 singles final, top seed Kashyap rallied her way to win with an easy 21-13 21-15 over 4th seed Unnati Bisht of Uttarakhand and then pipped Shikha Gautam of Karnataka 22-20, 23-25, 21-15 i n a closely contested match to win her second crown.
Chhattisgarh girl wins double crown at Jr Ranking Badminton Meet
In the boys’ U-17 final, fifth seed Aman Farogh Sanjay of Maharastra claimed the title with a 21-17, 22-20 win over Rohan Gurbani of Maharastra. The boys’ singles U-19 final saw Mithun M of Air India easing past fourth seed Kanishq M with a 21-9, 21-10 win to claim the title.