05-06-2025
Six city shuttlers enter second round of state c'ship
Kanpur: As many as six Kanpur shuttlers sailed into the second round of the Yonex Sunrise UP State Junior Badminton Championship 2025 being played at Green Park stadium on Thursday.
Ayan Khan, Hannan Ali, Atharva Yadav, Rishit Sahney, Prakhar Maurya and Aman Yadav won their first round matches easily, while around half a dozen other local players lost their matches and were ousted from the race. As many as 275 badminton players from all over the state are participating in the championship, which has a prize money of Rs one lakh.
Chief guest Rajneesh Kumar (GM State Bank of India), Arun Pathak (MLC), Bhanu Prasad (RSO, Green park) and Sanjeev Pathak, president UPTTA, inaugurated the four-day event. The chief guest planted saplings. All present there took oath to protect the saplings. tnn
