Utkarsh bags three junior badminton titles

Utkarsh Arora delivered a brilliant performance at the recently concluded Junior Delhi State Badminton Championships by winning titles in all the three categories he participated in.

The 17-year-old, who trains at the Surjit Singh Badminton Academy, clinched the Under-19 boys singles, U-19 boys doubles and U-19 mixed doubles titles at the Ludlow Castle school here Saturday.

Top seed Utkarsh defeated Kaustabh Rawat 21-11, 22-20 in the boys singles final while Kanika Kanwal beat Pranjal Taneja 21-9, 21-14 to take home the U-19 girls singles crown. Kanika also went on to win the U-17 girls singles category by drubbing Namita Pathania 21-5, 21-15 in the summit clash.

Though Kaustabh lost the U-19 final, he beat Arjun Gupta 21-17, 21-16 in the U-17 boys singles final to win the championship.

The tournament was held under the aegis of Delhi Capital Badminton Association.

Under-19 final results:

Boys singles: Utkarsh Arora beat Kaustabh Rawat 21-11, 22-20

Girls singles: Kanika Kanwal beat Pranjal Taneja 21-9, 21-14

Boys doubles: Ankit Chikkara/Utkarsh Arora beat Druv Kumar/Gaurav Deswal 21-12, 9-21, 21-10

Girls doubles: Isha Dash/Noor Chhatwal beat Namita Pathania/Pranjal Taneja 21-11, 21-18

Mixed doubles: Utkarsh Arora/Isha Dash beat Kaustubh Rawat/Noor Chatwal 23-21, 21-14

Under-17 final results:

Boys singles: Kaustabh Rawat beat Arjun Gupta 21-17, 21-16

U-17 girls singles: Kanika Kanwal beat Namita Pathania 21-5, 21-15

U-17 boys doubles: Arjun Gupta/Narender Koranga beat Harsh Gupta/Puneet Shah Singh 21-12, 21-17

Girls doubles: Namita Pathania/Pranjal Taneja beat Anamika Kashyap/Khushboo Kumar 17-21, 21-17, 21-14