Sairaj Nayse settles for bronze medal

In the U-17 mixed doubles semifinals, fourth seeds Sairaj of Nagpur and his partner Anannya Shinde (Washim) lost to second seeds Ojas Joshi and Tanvi Gharpure 17-21, 8-21.

Sairaj and Anannya started well but could not match their senior rivals from Pune as the match progressed.

In the U-17 boys singles pre-quarters, Sairaj, a trainee of Arundhati Arun Badminton Academy, went down to third seed and eventual champion Sachet Tripathy of Pune 11-15, 12-15. Sairaj is a Standard X student of Narayana Vidyalayam, Chinchbhavan.