Archive · 29 Aug 2026
Indian Junior Badminton Stars Reach Grand Prix Finals
Nishchal Chand and Gatha Suryawanshi reached the singles finals of a junior badminton tournament.
Chand was seeded 16th, but he beat the tournament’s second seed, Jagsher Singh Khangurra.
He won their close match in three games.
Chand will now play top seed Dev Ruparelia in the men’s final.
Ruparelia defeated Pranav Manjunath in the other semifinal.
Suryawanshi beat Thailand’s Pattanun Thiannaparpornchok in three games.
She will meet Ishita Negi in the women’s final.
Negi defeated Rishika Nandi in the other semifinal.
Sixteenth seed Nishchal Chand upset second seed Jagsher Singh Khangurra in three games.
Chand defeated Khangurra 18-21, 21-18, 21-16 to reach the men’s singles final.
Top seed Dev Ruparelia will face Chand after beating Pranav Manjunath in the other semifinal.
Gatha Suryawanshi defeated Thailand’s Pattanun Thiannaparpornchok to reach the women’s final.
Suryawanshi will play second seed Ishita Negi, who beat Rishika Nandi in straight games.
- Who
- Indian junior badminton players Nishchal Chand and Gatha Suryawanshi, along with their respective finalists.
- What
- Chand and Suryawanshi advanced to the men’s and women’s singles finals of the Indian Junior International badminton Grand Prix.
- When
- The semifinals were reported on Saturday.
- Where
- The articles do not specify the tournament venue.
- Why
- They won their respective semifinal matches.
- Men’s semifinal
- Nishchal Chand defeated Jagsher Singh Khangurra 18-21, 21-18, 21-16.
- Men’s final
- Nishchal Chand will face top seed Dev Ruparelia.
- Women’s semifinal
- Gatha Suryawanshi defeated Pattanun Thiannaparpornchok 15-21, 21-15, 21-18.
- Women’s final
- Gatha Suryawanshi will face second seed Ishita Negi.
- Other men’s semifinal
- Dev Ruparelia defeated Pranav Manjunath 15-21, 21-17, 21-13.
- Other women’s semifinal
- Ishita Negi defeated Rishika Nandi 21-14, 22-20.