{"id":354,"date":"2025-08-31T12:58:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T07:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=354"},"modified":"2025-09-01T10:38:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T05:08:25","slug":"badminton-lalramsanga-taarini-vansh-shravani-assure-mixed-doubles-gold-for-india-in-grand-prix-event-in-pune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=354","title":{"rendered":"Badminton: Lalramsanga-Taarini, Vansh-Shravani assure mixed doubles gold for India in Grand Prix event in Pune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sports-1155.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sports-1155.jpg 882w, https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sports-1155-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sports-1155-768x522.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pune, Indian shuttlers entered finals with assured gold in the mixed doubles and another spot in women\u2019s doubles in the semifinals of the ongoing Late Sushant Chipalkatti India Junior International Grand Prix at the P. E. Society\u2019s Modern PDMBA Sports Complex here on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In mixed doubles, C. Lalramsanga and Taarini Suri advanced to the final after overcoming Japan\u2019s Shuji Sawada and Aoi Banno 19-21, 21-12, 21-13 in a 49-minute clash. In the other semifinal, Vansh Dev and Shravani Walekar rallied back to defeat compatriots Bornil Aakash Changmai and Zenith Abbigail 16-21, 21-13, 21-19, also in 49 minutes. With both Indian pairs advancing, the mixed doubles final will be an all-India affair, confirming a gold medal for the hosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In women\u2019s doubles, Aanya Bisht and Angel Punera registered a thrilling win over Japan\u2019s Anri Yamanaka and Sona Yonemoto 21-19, 22-24, 21-15 in a battle lasting 1 hour and 22 minutes. The Indian duo will now take on Japan\u2019s fifth seeds, Aoi Banno and Yuzu Ueno, in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, other Indian shuttlers competing in the semifinals fell short against their opponents, concluding their campaigns in the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event continued to witness a series of stellar performances by India\u2019s emerging shuttlers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the women\u2019s singles quarterfinals, unseeded Indian shuttler Diksha Sudhakar produced a brilliant performance to upset ninth seed Pimchanok Sutthiviriyakul of Thailand 21-11, 19-21, 21-9. Meanwhile, Dianka Waldia fought past compatriot Rishika Nandi 21-9, 13-21, 21-12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the mixed doubles quarterfinals, India\u2019s Bornil Aakash Changmai and Zenith Abbigail pulled off the biggest upset of the day by defeating the top-seeded pair Bhavya Chhabra and Angel Punera 23-21, 21-17 in an all-India encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament, organized by the Poona District Metropolitan Badminton Association (PDMBA) under the auspices of BWF, BAI, and MBA, has seen Indian juniors dominate with impressive wins and key upsets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pune, Indian shuttlers entered finals with assured gold in the mixed doubles and another spot in women\u2019s doubles in the semifinals of the ongoing Late Sushant Chipalkatti India Junior International [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-display","category-sports","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":380,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions\/380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}