Unseeded Pradyumna Meshram produced a stellar performance to knock out second seed Yohaan Nair posting a straight games 15-12, 15-11 win in a Boys’ U-11 second round match of the Yonex Sunrise 1st Maharashtra State Sub-junior (U-11 & U-13) Selection Badminton Tournament 2026, organised by Maharashtra Badminton Association and played at the Priyadarshini Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, Mulund, West on Thursday.
Meanwhile, number one seed Raghav Niwarti easily defeated Sayujya Rajput 15-4, 15-5 to advance to the third round.
In Girls’ U-13 action, top seed Divisha Singh was a comfortable winner against Nikita Biswas coasting to a 15-4, 15-3 win in a second round match.
In an exciting match, Eman Choksi rallied from the loss of the first game to overcome Tejashree Shende 5-15, 15-11, 15-12, to book her place in the third round.
Results – Boys’ U-11 (2nd round): 1-Raghav Niwarti bt Sayujya Rajput 15-4, 15-5; Arjun Parnate bt Veer Muthiyan 15-10, 15-7; Idhant Muley bt Advay Patil 20-22, 15-11, 15-10; Advay Kelkar bt Gnana Vyasu Telaprolu 15-7, 15-13; Vivaan Burnwal bt Veer Chauhan 15-4, 11-15, 17-15; Pradyumna Meshram bt 2-Yohaan Nair 15-12, 15-11.
Girls’ U-13 (2nd round): 1-Divisha Singh bt Nikita Biswas 15-4, 15-3; Eman Choksi bt Tejashree Shende 5-15, 15-11, 15-12; Shanaya Pandey bt Ehaa Dixit 15-13, 15-10;