Rich haul by PPBA trainees in the Sub Junior Nationals

December 05, 2018      Announcement

PPBA trainees secured four Golds and one Silver in the National Sub Junior (Under 15 & 17) Championships which concluded in Bangalore on 2nd  December.  Rohan Gurbani and Aditi Bhatt won the Under 17 Singles titles beating Shubham Patel and Tasnim Mir respectively in the finals. The top seeded Rohan fought off Shubham 21-12, 27-25 in a thrilling match. Aditi beat Janani Anantkumar in the final 21-14, 21-18. Hrissha Dube combined with Ishani Waldia to annex the Under 15 Girls' Doubles title beating Karnika Shree and Gayatri Rani Jaiswal of Karnataka. 21-14, 21-17. Pranav Sharma and Shivam Mehta won the Under 15 Boys' Doubles title beating Sri Satya Sarvesh Yakala and Sataksh Singh 23-21, 21-19.

Sakshi Phogat staved off three match points in her semi-final win against Tara Shah in the semi-finals of the Under 15 Girls' Singles. She won the Silver Medal in the event, losing to Tasnim Mir in the finals 14-21, 12-21.

Laa Tukum who lost to his academy mate Rohan in the semis won the bronze medal in the Under 17 boys' Singles event