Jharkhand Badminton Championship kicks off in Hazaribagh

SUBHASH MISHRA

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Hazaribagh, August 22: The Jharkhand State Badminton Championship began today at the Indoor Stadium in Hazaribagh with several exciting matches across categories.

In the men’s singles, Emmanuel J. Kujur of West Singhbhum and Ujjwal Paswan of Jamshedpur cruised to comfortable victories in their opening matches. Kujur defeated Aniket Kumar of Bokaro 15-7, 15-6, while Paswan overcame Anish Kujur of Ranchi 15-3, 15-13.

In the women’s singles, Dhanbad’s Shruti edged past Prajuka Chakraborty of Hazaribagh in a close three-set contest, while Anamika Ghosh of Dhanbad outclassed Vaishnavi Singh of Deoghar in straight sets.

The boys’ under-19 category also witnessed keenly fought encounters, with Ranchi’s Samvith Ramesh and Sagar Banjara among the early winners.

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Results

Men’s Singles

• Emmanuel J Kujur (W. Singhbhum) def. Aniket Kumar (Bokaro) – 15-07, 15-06
• Ujjwal Paswan (Jamshedpur) def. Anish Kujur (Ranchi) – 15-03, 15-13
• Shree Ram Ratan (Ranchi) def. Satyam Shreyash (Deoghar) – 15-08, 15-12
• Aditya Raj (Lohardaga) def. Sanjay Hembram (W. Singhbhum) – 15-13, 15-13
• Suraj Pratap Singh (Jamshedpur) def. Roshan Kumar (Giridih) – 15-09, 15-10
• Ashu Gopal (Ranchi) def. Krishan Gope (Gumla) – 15-06, 15-07
• Abhishek Kumar (Giridih) def. Pawan Gopal (Hazaribagh) – 15-12, 14-15, 15-10
• Ramanand Sahu (Gumla) def. Srihith Lingampalli (Hazaribagh) – 15-13, 15-05
• Pranshu Shaw (E. Singhbhum) def. Sourya (Palamu) – 11-15, 15-11, 15-12
• Sagar Banjara (Ranchi) def. Sneshasish Patra (Bokaro) – 15-10, 15-06
• Balram Munduiya (W. Singhbhum) def. Nihal Patel (E. Singhbhum) – 15-09, 15-08
• Mukesh Bari (W. Singhbhum) def. Aniket Saraf (Ranchi) – 15-14, 15-07

Women’s Singles

• Shruti (Dhanbad) def. Prajuka Chakraborty (Hazaribagh) – 12-15, 15-14, 15-13
• Anamika Ghosh (Dhanbad) def. Vaishnavi Singh (Deoghar) – 15-09, 15-12

Boys’ U-19

• Sagar Banjara (Ranchi) def. Pratham Sethi (Giridih) – 15-09, 15-07
• Samvith Ramesh (Ranchi) def. Nidhin S D’Cruz (Bokaro) – 15-12, 15-09
• Shree Ram Ratan (Ranchi) def. D Rajeev (Giridih) – 15-09, 15-11
• Parmeswar Das (Gumla) def. Badal Nayak (Ranchi) – 15-11, 15-10
• Suraj Pratap Singh (Jamshedpur) def. Ankit Kumar (Bokaro) – 15-07, 15-05
• Aniket Saraf (Ranchi) def. Ishan Saha (Hazaribagh) – 15-09, 15-03
• Vinayak Sharma (—) def. Ankit Kumar (Giridih) – 15-11, 15-10

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