Sajwan, Ghate, Thaokar claim twin titles
   Date :18-Jun-2026
 
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Sports Reporter :
 
RUTVA Sajwan, Sanvi Ghate and Devansh Thaokar claimed twin titles as it was curtains on the Baidyanath Yonex-Sunrise Nagpur District Badminton Championship 2026 held at RTMNU’s Subhedar Hall, Ravi Nagar on Wednesday. The men’s singles title was won by Ameya Naktode who beat top seed Rohan Singh 15-13, 15-12 while the women’s crown was secured by Ditisha Somkuwar who defeated Niraja Kulkarni 15-9, 15-13. Sajwan claimed the boys Under-19 title defeating Aarav Thakre 15-6, 15-9. He then paired with Pranay Gadewar to claim the men’s doubles title ousting Aaryan Sadhankar and Gaurav Rege 15-10, 15-12 . Sanvi Ghate won the girls U17 singles title defeating Vridhi Bang 15-7, 15-9 and then doubled her joy by winning the Under-19 singles title with a 15-13, 15-10 win over Grishma Kaishalwar. DevanshThaokar also won the twin titles claiming the boys Under-15 crown with a 15-11, 15-6 win over Arnav Gupta and the boys Under-17 trophy by beating top seed Aarav Thakre 12-15, 15-7, 15-8. Grishma Kaishalwar and Sara Peshkar claimed the Under-17 girls doubles title after they beat the pair of Advaiya Sathe and Aradhya Gupta 15-7, 15-7. Aarav Thakreand Ojas Deshmukh defeated Mayank Mishra and Zeeshan Khan 12-15, 15-9, 15-11 to emerge Under-17 boys doubles champions. Bhavana Aagrey,Joint Secretary, Nagpur District Badminton Association and Gurdeep Singh Arora, EC Member gave away the prizes