State badminton: U-11, U-17 final line-up complete
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 22 2023:
Th Yangba Meitei will play Ng Yaiphaba Singha in the U-11 boys final as S Archana Devi take on W Angelina (U-11 girls and Sh Gung Singh faces Sushanta M for the U-17 boys' title while K Gunjan Devi and Leonie Tayenjam will vie for the U-17 girls' crown in the 67th State Open Badminton Championships 2023 .
The under-17 mixed final will feature Pfoki Liruna & Ch Bel-larix Devi and Th Hursh Singh & K Gunjan Devi.
In semi-final games held at Manipur Badminton Association (MBA) Indoor Stadium, DMU campus on Saturday, U-11 boys top seed Th Yangba defeated Loyangamba L (both IEDBA) 21-7,21-13, while second seeded Ng Yaiphaba (JDBA) battled past fourth seeded Ch Netcover Singh (IWDBA) 13-21, 21-16, 21 15 .
In the -11 girls' competition, top seeded S Archana crushed her IEDBA mate Jia Sanabam 21-10, 21 -3 as second seeded W Angelina beat third seeded Bebina Thingbaijam (BDBA) .
In U-17 boys, Sh Gung (TDBA) defeated Rishav Ngangom 21-18, 21-16, while Sushanta M (KDBA) beat his district-mate K Dayananda Singh 21-11,21-11 .
Top seeded K Gunjan overcame L Nandita Devi (IEDBA) 21-9, 21-11 to set up the un-der-17 girls final against second seeded Leonie Tayenjam (IWDBA), who breezed past her teammate Chanulembi Sapam 21-2,21-4 .
In the mixed doubles U-17, Th Hursh & K Gunjan (IWDBA/ IEDBA) cruised past M Vivek Meitei & L Nandita (IWDBA/ IEDBA) 21-14, 21-13 as Pfoki Liruna & Ch Bellarix (SDBA/ IWDBA) defeated Sh Gung & Rekispa Soubam (TDBA) 21-15,21-13 .
The championship is being participated by 274 players including 54 girls from Bishnu-pur, Imphal East, Imphal West, Kakching, Thoubal, Ukhrul, Senapati, Jiribam, Kamjong, Noney and Tamenglong districts.