Thea Sheth showed solid fighting spirit to overcome Tia Ugrankar in three closely fought game 2-1 to advance to the Girls’ U-17 final of the CCI Yonex Sunrise Mumbai District Badminton Championship 2026, organised by the Cricket Club of India in association with the Greater Mumbai Badminton Association (GMBA), played at the CCI courts, Churchgate on Thursday.
Harshit Mahimkar
In a semi-final match, encountered quite a challenge from Tia but managed to scrape through winning at 21-13, 16-21, 21-12.
Later, in the boys’ U-19 quarter-final, top seed Harshit Mahimkar had things much his own way against Reyansh Dubey and cruised to a fluent 21-8, 21-4 victory to progress to the semi-finals.
Results – Girls’ U-15 singles (quarter-finals): Anvisha Ghorpade bt Riddhi Bagul 21-1, 21-3; Imaan Motorwala bt Hiyaa Shimpi 21-10, 21-10;
Girls’ U-17 singles (semi-finals): Thea Sheth bt Tia Ugranka 21-13. 16-21, 21-12;
Boys’ U-15 singles (quarter-finals): Ruhaan Bhatia bt Nirmay Shah 21-2, 21-1;
Boys’ U-17 singles (quarter-finals): Dhruv Pawar bt Raayan Shah 21-6, 21-9;
Boys’ U-19 singles (quarter-finals): Harshit Mahimkar bt Reyansh Dubey 21-8, 21-4;