BPS State Badminton Ranking Tournament 2026

Anvitha Poojari’s tournament began with two quick wins on Friday and ended with six victories across singles and doubles. In U11 Girls’ Singles, she opened by beating Meher Aghicha 15-3, 15-0, then defeated third seed Saumya Volvoikar 15-3, 15-1. Her doubles campaign also started that evening, as she and her partner beat Ananya Prabhudessai and Riyana Santarita Vas 15-0, 15-1.

After 47 minutes of rest, Poojari returned on Sunday to beat second seed Yashika Koneru 15-6, 15-4 in the singles quarterfinal. That was the tournament’s biggest scalp and extended her singles run to three wins before top seed Amaira Dhumatker ended it in the next round, 15-5, 15-3. Poojari then completed the day’s doubles wins with victories over Adhira Jadhav and Elena Fernandes, followed by a 15-5, 15-2 result against Saachi Sinai Kenkre and Yashika Koneru. The latter doubles match began 48 minutes after its scheduled time, while the singles loss came 73 minutes later.

Across seven completed matches, Poojari finished 6-1, spending 78 minutes on court. Her doubles side went unbeaten at 3-0, while singles ended 3-1. The rally pattern offers a less obvious detail: she won 51 of 70 points at game starts, but after intervals the split was almost unchanged—48 of 63 compared with 49 of 63 before them. She also won exactly 93 of 124 short rallies and 93 of 120 long rallies, showing that her advantage was not confined to one rally length. The campaign closed with a singles round-four loss, but with a spotless doubles record and a notable win over the No. 2 seed.