Junior Badminton Championships: Smit stuns Simran for title

West Zone individual champions at the PNB Metlife Junior Badminton Championships 2015, conducted at Goregaon Sports Club courts. Photo: Special Arrangement

Smit Toshniwal (Nashik) overcame favourite Simran Singhi (Mumbai) in girls U-15 category final, winning 21-15, 18-21, 21-15 at the PNB MetLife Junior Badminton Championship 2015 West Zone Tournament. Other age-group champions were: Rohan Gurbani (boys U-15), Taarini Suri (girls U-9), Tasnim Mir (girls U-11).

The tournament was organised by Sara Foundation and PNB MetLife India, under the auspices of Maharashtra Badminton Association. According to organizers, all quarter-finalists in each category qualified for the inter-zonal Grand Finale, to be held in New Delhi later this month.

Results

Finals:

Girls U-9: Taarini Suri (Mumbai) bt Ananya Naidu (Thane) 21-4, 21-4. U-11: Tasnim Mir (Mehsana) bt Tara Shah (Pune) 21-15, 21-9. U-13: Aarya Deshpande (Satara) bt Tasnim Mir (Mehsana) 21-17, 21-10. U-15: Smit Toshniwal (Nashik) bt Simran Singhi (Mumbai) 21-15, 18-21, 21-15.

Boys U-9 : Parth Deore (Nashik) bt Vansh V Rohit (Bharuch) 21-19, 20-22, 21-12; U-11: Nitin Shinde (Islampur) bt Prajjwal Sonawane (Nashik) 21-12, 15-21, 21-8. U-13: Tanishq Saxena (Mumbai) bt Ameya Khond (Nashik) 21-15, 21-9. U-15: Rohan Gurbani (Nagpur) bt Aniruddh Sinh Kushwaha (Valsad) 21-13, 21-15.

Semi-finals

Girls - U-9: Taarini Suri (Mumbai) bt Rashi Hegde (Mumbai) 21-7, 21-5; Ananya Naidu (Thane) bt Sarah Susan George (Mumbai) 21-8, 21-9.

U-11: Tasnim Mir (Mehsana) bt Aalisha Naik (Mumbai) 21-11, 21-9; Tara Shah (Pune) bt Vedika Diwan (Nashik) 21-13, 21-11.

U-13: Aarya Deshpande (Satara) bt Rudra Shyam Rane (Mumbai) 21-17, 21-17; Tasnim Mir (Mehsana) bt Hrissha Dubey (Mumbai) 21-13, 21-10.

U-15: Simran Singhi (Mumbai) bt Nupur Anand Vasavada (Vadodara) 21-10, 21-10 ; Smit Toshniwal (Nashik) bt Janhvi Khanna (Vadodara) 21-12, 16-21, 21-15.

Boys - U-9: Parth Deore (Nashik) bt Ojas Ranjit Gedam (Akola) 14-21, 21-19, 21-15; Vansh V Rohit (Bharuch) bt Rohan Barve (Mumbai) 21-8, 21-16.

U-11: Nitin Shinde (Islampur) bt Harsh Girish Pawar (Mumbai) 21-11, 21-14; Prajjwal Sonawane (Nashik) bt Siddhartha Das (Navi Mumbai) 22-20, 21-8.

U-13: Tanishq Saxena (Mumbai) bt Aryan Hosangady (Mumbai) 21-8, 21-9; Ameya Khond (Nashik) bt Dhruv Oza (Mumbai) 21-18, 21-9.

U-15: Aniruddh Sinh Kushwaha (Valsad) bt Pranava Jain (Mumbai) 17-21, 21-13, 21-17; Rohan Gurbani (Nagpur) bt Rahul Kane (Kolhapur) 22-20, 21-12.