Amarjit bags mixed doubles silver
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, November 08 2023:
Khwairakpam Amarjit Singh of Manipur, who paired with Nandita Thomas of Kerala, on Wednesday bagged the silver medal in the U-17 mixed doubles competition of the Yon-ex-Sunrise All India Sub Junior (U-15 & U-17) Ranking Badminton Tournament 2023 organised by Badminton Association of India (BAI) at Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh from November 1 to Wednesday.
En-route to the final, the Amarjit-Nandita pair beat Bhavitha Sree Challa & Trilok Akula of Andhra Pradesh by 21-14, 21-13 in the first round; Malsawmhlua of Mizoram & Ananya A of Tamil Nadu 13-21, 21-12, 21-11 in the second round; and Yogansh Singh & Ishita Negi of Delhi 21-18,21-18 in the semi-finals.
In the final, they suffered defeat to third seeded pair of Mithilesh P K of Pondicherry & Varna P of Tamil Nadu at 21-15, 21-12 .