Pune's Sayaji and Soyra Shelar win two titles each at state under-15, under-17 badminton

Sudhanshu Badminton Academy, in association with Samarth Group, organised the Yonex Sunrise SBA Cup state-level badminton championship for players under 15 and under 17. Pune's Sayaji Shelar and Soyra Shelar won titles in two categories each. Aditya Yaul of Nagpur, Khyati Katre of Pune, Abhigyan Singha of Pune and Anushka Ipte of Raigad emerged singles champions in their respective categories.

The tournament was played on the badminton courts of the P.E. Society's Modern PDMBA Sports Complex. In the under-15 boys' singles final, tenth seed Aditya Yaul of Nagpur beat second seed Pranay Shinde of Raigad 15-12, 9-15, 15-11. Aditya is a Class 9 student at Bhavan Vidya Mandir School and trains at the CBE Badminton Academy under coach Sagar Chopra.

In the under-15 girls' singles, seventh seed Khyati Katre of Pune defeated 18th seed Kyra Raina of Pune 15-10, 9-15, 15-12. Khyati is a Class 9 student at Walnut School and trains at the Ajit Kumbhar Badminton Academy under coach Ajit Kumbhar.

In the under-17 boys' singles, fourth seed Abhigyan Singha of Pune beat fifth seed Aditya Yaul of Nagpur 15-8, 15-13 to win the title. Abhigyan is a Class 10 student at Bishop's School and trains at the A.Y. Badminton Academy under coach Akash Yadav.

In the under-17 girls' singles, top seed Anushka Ipte of Raigad beat second seed Sharayu Ranje of Pune 15-6, 14-16, 15-11. Anushka is a Class 11 student at Kartika College and trains at the Nitesh Kumar Badminton Academy under coach Nitesh Kumar.

The doubles matches were also keenly contested. In the under-15 mixed doubles, Pune's top-seeded pair of Arjun Shrigadiwar and Swara Moraye beat the second-seeded Pune pair of Smeet Thokal and Ravi Mhetre 15-9, 15-12 to win the title.

In the under-17 mixed doubles, the top-seeded Pune pair of Sayaji Shelar and Soyra Shelar beat the second-seeded Pune pair of Raghavendra Yadav and Sharvari Survase 15-8, 15-10. With this win, Sayaji and Soyra took two titles each in the tournament.

In the under-15 girls' doubles, the second-seeded pair of Iman Motorwala and Rudra Gawde of Mumbai city beat Rudranirajje Nimbalkar of Pune and Sanvi Ghate of Nagpur 15-8, 15-10 to take the title.

In the under-15 boys' doubles, the second-seeded Pune pair of Hridan Padwe and Vihan Kolhade beat Mayank Rajput of Thane and Pranay Shinde of Raigad 13-15, 15-10, 15-9 to win the title.

In the under-17 girls' doubles, Sharayu Ranje and Soyra Shelar beat Manasvi Chauhan and Thea Sheth 15-13, 15-11. In the under-17 boys' doubles, the top-seeded pair of Sayaji Shelar of Pune and Udayan Deshmukh of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar beat the second-seeded pair of Mayuresh Bhutki of Raigad and Vishwajeet Thavil of Pune 15-10, 15-5 to win the title.