Mandya: Andhra Pradesh reached the finals of the team championships in the boys and girls events at the Junior National Badminton Championships on Tuesday. Andhra will take on Air India in the boys' final for the Narang Cup and Maharashtra in the girls' final for the Shafi Quereshi Cup. In the girls' semifinals, Maharashtra pulled off a win over a strong Air India team 2-1, with Gauri Ghate winning her singles and doubles matches.
Team championships semifinals (Boys): AP bt UP 2-0 (Sai Praneeth bt Shiwam Sharma 21-12 21-10; Sai Praneeth/ Sumeeth Reddy bt Manu Atree/ Shiwam Sharma 21-18 22-24 21-15); Air India bt Assam 2-0 (HS Prannoy bt Anshuman Bora 21-13 21-9; Pranav Chopra/ HS Prannoy bt Anjan Buragohain/ Ranjan Buragohain 21-12 21-16)
(Girls): AP bt Delhi 2-0 (Sikki Reddy bt Nidhi Tewari 21-3 21-15; Sikki Reddy/ PV Sindhu bt Nidhi Tewari/ Shreya Agarwal 21-19 21-11); Maharashtra bt Air India 2-1 (Sanyogita Ghorpade lost to Saili Rane 21-11 21-17; Gauri Ghate/ Prajakta Sawant bt Saili Rane/ Vaishali Baria 21-12 22-20; Gauri Ghate bt Anuradha Shrikhande 21-14 21-15)



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