Pune Mayor’s Trophy: Five Seeds Fall as Junior Badminton Tournament Witnesses Major Upsets
Pune, August 26, 2026: As many as Five upsets were recorded in the boys and and the girls event on the second day of the Pune Mayor’s Trophy Yonex Sunrise India Junior International Grand Prix Badminton Tournament in the memory of Late Sushant Chipalkatti organized by Poona District Metropolitan Badminton Association under the auspices of BWF, BA, BAI and MBA to be played at the P. E. Society’s Modern PDMBA Sports Complex, Shivajinagar
In the girls’ singles, Adarshini Shri Boopathy Balaji registered a convincing 21-12, 21-10 victory over sixth seed Radha Gadgil, while Dheeshitha Singha Gopinath also advanced with a fighting 19-21, 21-14, 13-8 retirement victory over seventh seed Haasana Sree Mallavarapu .
In boys’ singles unseeded Viren Seth overcame ninth seed Aswin Lenin Muthuraj 21-10, 10-21, 21-10 in a closely fought encounter , while Krish Dubey staged a strong comeback to defeat 12th seed Aarush Pawaskar 17-21, 21-12, 21-18.
In the third upset in the boys section Hardik Divyansh defeated 14th seed Karthik Suhaas 21-11, 21-16 to move to the third round. Earlier tournament was inaugurated by Mrs. Manjusha Nagpure, Hon Mayor PMC. CA Ranjeet Natu, Hon. Gen Secretary of PDMBA, Mr. Sarang Lagu, Treasurer of PDMBA, Mr. Anand Joshi, Jt secretary, Mr. Rajeev Bag, tournament organising secretary, Mr. Girish Natu, Mr. Mihir Ratanjankar were present on the occassion.
Results: Boys Under 19: Second Round:
Dev Ruparelia(Ind)(1) bt Arven Naufal Renaldi(Ina) 21-17, 21-19;
Hardik Divyansh(Ind) bt Karthik Suhaas(Ind)(14) 21-11, 21-16;
Nischal Satish Gowda(Ind) bt Dev Rawat(Ind)21-10, 19-21, 21-11;
Viren Seth(Ind) bt Aswin Lenin Muthuraj(Ind)(9) 21-10, 10-21, 21-10;
Sai Bhatraju(Ind)(3) bt Vaibhav Singh(Ind) 21-18, 23-21;
Lakshmi Swetan Tamatamala(Ind) bt Wazir Singh(Ind) 21-14, 21-16;
Pranav Manjunath(Ind)(7) bt Sachin J T Jay Ganesh(Ind) 21-16, 15-21, 21-10;
Mohamed Nafeez Raffi Smitha(Ind)(11) bt Chase Sijo(Ind) 22-20, 21-07;
Krish Dubey(Ind) bt Aarush Pawaskar(Ind)(12)17-21, 21-12, 21-18;
Shaurya Agarwal(Ind) bt Shahidi Shareezwan(Malaysia) 21-18, 21-14;
Nishchal Chand(Ind)(16) bt Manku Taku(Ind)21-13, 21-09;
Samuel Tamang(Ind)(4) bt Malsawmhlua Malsawmhlua(Ind)27-25, 18-21, 21-16;
Arjun Reddy Aluguvelli(Ind) bt Naivaidhya Tonde(Ind) 21-11, 21-13;
Bornil Aakash Changmai(Ind)(13) bt Aanayan Borah(Ind) 21-15, 19-21, 21-17;
Jagsher Singh Khangurra(Ind)(2) bt Alvin Kusuma(Ina)21-18, 21-19;
Girls:
Lakshya Rajesh(Ind)(1) bt Akshita Manral(Ind) 21-14, 21-09;
Vijaya Lakshmi Boddu(Ind) bt Ketaki Thite(Ind)21-18, 21-13;
Bala Manvitha Reddy Allam(Ind)(8) bt Shravani Biradar(Ind) 21-14, 21-07;
Pattanun Thiannaparpornchok(Tha) bt Harini Raja(Ind) 21-18, 21-16;
Mokshitha Ashokkumar(Ind) bt Samridhi Shrestha(Nep) 21-04, 21-04;
Ridheema Sarpate(Ind) bt Somyaa Bhatnagar(Ind) 21-19, 21-13;
Rishika Nandi(Ind) bt Nishika Gokhe(Ind)21-14, 21-10;
Adarshini Shri Boopathy Balaji(Ind) bt Radha Gadgil(Ind)(6)21-12, 21-10;
Disha Santosh(Ind)(3) bt Akshaya Chowdary Aluru(Ind) 21-10, 21-12;
Yutika Chavan(Ind) bt Lavanya Karki(Ind) 21-15, 21-10;
Dheeshitha Singha Gopinath(Ind) bt Haasana Sree Mallavarapu(Ind)(7)19-21, 21-14, 13-08′ Retd;
Evanna Tyagi(Ind) bt Vainavi Thaduri(Ind) 21-18, 13-21, 21-18;
Mens Doubles: First Round:
Showrya Javvaji/Arnav Sharma(Ind) Bt Sourya Maharjan/Subin Shrestha(Nep)21-08, 21-15;
Shreyas Chandra Shekar/Mayukh Deshalli Bhuvaneswara(Ind) Bt Divyam Kejriwal/Subhra Ketan Mallick 21-16, 24-22;
Arybka Okta Disabian/Muhammad Zilazik Artando Zakaria(Ina) Bt Ojhas Joshi/Avadhut Kadam(Ind) 21-18, 21-17;
Yogansh Singh/Aathish Sreenivas Pv(Ind)(3) Bt Yadunandan Kenchaiah/Amith Natraj(Ind) 21-23, 21-17, 21-12;
Girls Doubles:
Chantharat Marndakul/Pearploy Suttiwarayanon(Tha) Bt Sharayu Ranjane/Soyara Shelar(Ind) 21-14, 19-15;
Akshaya Chowdary Aluru/Gagana Sri Chowdary Kolapaneni(Ind) Bt Asmita Khatri/Rihanna Sherchan(Nep) 21-11, 21-09;
Varna Prabhuanand/Suhina Roy(Ind) Bt Yangchen Dolkar/Tshering Deki Yangden(Bhutan) 21-05, 21-07;
