Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 15: All J&K Senior and Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament got under way at Jammu, today.
All the top Badminton players of the State are participating in the tournament. Those present on the occasion were Dr OD Sharma, general secretary, J&K Badminton Association, Balbir Jamwal, secretary, Jammu District Badminton Association, Satpal Sharma, SAI Coach, besides other signatories.
The Tournament will conclude on September 15. The State teams (Men, Women, Junior Boys and Junior Girls) for North Zone Inter State Badminton Championships, to be held at Mandi (HP) will be selected in the tournament.
In today’s matches, Divum Gupta beat Pankaj by 21-12 and 21-04, Harsh Mahajan defeated Vishav by 21-14 and 21-17, Adam trounced Nakul by 21-10 and 21-16, Vidant thrashed Arjun by 21-16 and 21-19, Aesh Goswami beat Akshay by 21-18 and 21-15 and Ragav Dogra defeated Karan by 21-10 and 21-11, in Under 19 Boys Singles.
In Men Singles, Vipul Saina trounced Adarsh by 21-12 and 21-08, Divyam Langhe beat Avinash by 21-16 and 21-10, Dhananjay thrashed Mujeeb by 21-18 and 21-18, Vikram Saini defeated Sahil Mathur by 21-08 and 21-11, Munish trounced Subrit by 21-12 and 21-19, Aman thrashed Aakash by 21-16 and 21-10 and Divum Gupta defeated Amit Sharma by 21-10 and 21-13.
In Under 19 Boys doubles, Shivant-Pankaj beat Devesh-Aditya by 21-16 and 21-12 while Sarandeep-Aryan defeated Akshay-Vidhant by 21-13 and 21-18. In Men Doubles, Sunil-Ragav trounced Rahul-Amit by 21-12, 21-19 while Vikram-Vipul thrashed Harsh-Dhananjay by 21-10 and 21-14.
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