Telangana's Bhukya and Odisha's Patri Held National U-13 Badminton Titles

Telangana’s Nishanth Bhukya and Odisha’s Tanvi Patri became the boys and girls’ singles’ champions at the 34th Under-13 National Badminton Championships, notching contrasting wins at the UP-Badminton Academy.

Fourth-seeded Bhukya came from behind to beat Andhra Pradesh’s Akhil Reddy Boba 19-21, 21-12, 22-20 in 44 minutes whereas Patri took just 22 minutes to brush aside local challenger and 15^th-seeded Divyanshi Gautam 21-7, 21-10.

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Telangana’s Bhukya and Odisha’s Patri Held National U-13 Badminton Titles- Key Points

Patri won her maiden National U-13 Ranking Tournament in Maharashtra earlier this month, and Patri was in sublime touch against Agra’s Gautam.
Tossing and placing the shuttle well, Patri kept Gautam on her toes with cross-court volleys to take the first game.
In the second round, Gautam tried to narrow the lead after trailing 5-9, dribbling the shuttle at the net, Patri was too good in her placements and forced Gautam to commit a series of unforced errors before wresting the game as well as the match.
In the boy’s final, Bhukya found Boba quite tough to handle in the first game as the Andhra shuttler raced to a 15-11 lead before winning the game at 21-19.
After the change of ends, fourth-seeded Bhukya came from behind to beat Boba.
It was neck-and-neck in the decider, but Bhukya kept his nerves under control to clinch the issue after drawing parity at 20-all.