NAGPUR’S Aditya Yaul won the Under-15 boys singles title and emerged as second best in the Under-17 boys singles at the Yonex Sunrise SBA Cup State-Level Under-15 and Under-17 Badminton Championships that concluded at the PE Society’s Modern PDMBA Sports Complex Badminton Courts, in Pune, on Saturday. The event was hosted by Sudhanshu Badminton Academy in association with Samarth Group. In the U-15 final, tenth seed Aditya Yaul upset second seed Pragnay Shinde of Raigad in three games 15-12, 9-15, 15-11. On his way to the summit clash, Aditya defeated Advay Jamenis 15-3, 15-5; Vallabh Shinde 15-1, 15-6; Joshua Siby 15-2, 15-6; Archit Songadkar 15-10, 15-1; shocked top seed Arjun Shrigadiwar 15-7, 15-6 in pre-quarterfinal; beat 12th seed Ruhaan Bhatia 15-10, 15-8, and thumped fourth seed Vihaan Kolhade 15-11, 15-13 in the semi-final. Seeded fifth in the U-17 age group, Aditya went down to fourth seed Abhigyan Singha 15-8, 15-13. Aditya defeated 16th seed Tanishk Aade of Pune 15-11, 10-15, 15-13 in the last-four stage. In quarters, Aditya beat Pune’s Anay Ekbote 15-8, 15-5. Top seeded pair of city’s Sanvi Ghate and Pune’s Rudraniraje Nimbalkar lost to second seeds Imaan Motorwal and Rudra Gawde 11-15, 17-19 in the Under-15 girls doubles final. In the semis, the Nagpur-Pune combination beat Anvisha Ghirpade and Mahi Churi 15-11, 16-14. Another city shuttler Sairaj Nayse, who had earlier stunned top seed Krutya Patel in U-17 boys singles in straight games 15-8, 16-14 to cause biggest upset of the tournament, lost both the doubles semi-finals. Sairaj and his Mumbai Upnagar partner Satya Chauhan, who were the third seeds in U-17 boys doubles, lost to top seeds Sayaji Shelar and Udayan Deshmukh 15-10, 15-12 in the semis. In the quarters, Sairaj-Satya beat Anmol Sharma and Dhruv Pawar: 15-9, 15-13 In U-17 mixed doubles last-four stage, Sairaj and Rutika Kamble of Kolhapur, who were the sixth seeds, squandered a couple of match points to go down against second seeded pair of Raghavendra Yadav and Sharvari Survase 16-14, 15-17, 13-15. In the U-15 boys doubles semis, city’s fourth seeded pair of Devansh Thaokar and Kapish Kolhe lost to second seeds Hridaan Padve and Vihaan Kolhade 12-15, 6-15 to finish third.