With a total of 117 matches, the Yonex-Sunrise GH Raisoni Memorial Nagpur District Summer Amateur Badminton Tournament 2026 got under way at RTMNUs Subhedar Hall on Tursday. Matches started as early as 6 am where early rounds were played in various age categories. The tournament, which is organised by Nagpur District Badminton Association under the aegis of Maharashtra Badminton Association, was inaugurated by Amit Gandhare, Director, Public Relations, Raisoni Foundation. Kundatai Vijaykar, President, NDBA, Mangesh Kashikar, Secretary, NDBA, Bhavana Aagrey, Joint Secretary, NDBA, Anant Apte, Secretary, Tournament and Events, NDBA, Gurdeep Singh Arora, EC Member, NDBA were also present on the occasion. Results: MD R64: Mayank Mankar and Rohit Gedam bt Avinash Singh and Sazal Sazal 15-12, 16-14; Anurag Manni and Piyush Walke bt Durgesh Uskelwar and Rajat Bhoyar 15-8, 15-6; Mithilesh Sagane and Ritesh Mandawar bt Mrunal Vairagade and Pranav Bhardwaj 15-4, 15-10; Arya Dhobley and Param Chhabrani bt Madhur Kriplani and Tarun Kriplani 15-5, 15-12. BS U-11: R32: Rishikesh Dhurvey bt Arjun Gadkari 15-6, 15-10; Manas Mohadikar bt Abhiram Shende 15-3, 15-2; Kanaad Sambrey bt Ayaansh Kalamkar 15-8, 15-3; Samyak Kolhatkar bt Mihir Gupta 15-11, 15-7; Aamod Ramteke bt Sanidhy Janbodhkar 15-12, 15-8; Aadit Garg bt Arnav Sarode 15-9, 15-11. BS U-13 R32: Parth Kingrani Kingrani bt Atharva Maskey 15-4, 15-2; Kanaad Madavi bt Samar Yadav 15-13, 15-8; Devesh Dhage bt Shlok Igatpurikar 15-3, 15-10; Dnyaan Adkine bt Jay Deshpande 15-10, 15-6; Swarup Sagarkar bt Smit Kokulwar 12-15, 15-9, 15-13; Prabhas Chaudhary bt Madhav Dandekar 17-15, 15-10; Ansh Jain bt Ayush Kuchewar 15-12, 15-3; Atharv Jhariya bt Arnav Humne 15-11, 15-9; Kaivelya Mankar bt Sai Dhabale 15-7, 11-15, 15-12; Shreejit Bukkawar bt Harshal Tapase 15-4, 16-14; Ridaant Matade bt Aarav Fuke 13-15, 15-7, 15-6; Kriyansh Pardhi bt Kanaad Sambrey 15-6, 15-7; Kanwarjeet Singh bt Ayaan Rai 15-7, 15-6; Arjun Rathod bt Arnav Dambhare 14-16, 17-15, 15-13; Aarav Waman bt Aamod Ramteke 15-8, 15-5 . GS U-13 R32: Bhakti Vidhani bt Aashi Shahapurkar 15-13, 15-10; Avani Gadkari bt Aditi Pande 15-13, 19-17; Shruti Peshkar bt Yahvi Selkar 15-7, 15-3; Shritima Dhawas bt Aahna Khubele 15-6, 15-8; Samaria Shahane bt Anaika Kriplani 10-15, 15-8, 15-12; Riddhi Manwatkar bt Paridhi Hadole 15-10, 15-12; Nihira Panchwatikar bt Shreeya Sharma 15-3, 15-1; Aarohi Chaware bt Aarushi Rangari 13-15, 15-5, 15-5.