BPS State Badminton Ranking Tournament 2026

Chinmay Kamat’s tournament began with two different outcomes on the same evening: a singles walkover at 5:10 pm on 7 August, then an 18-minute men’s doubles win later that night. With partner unnamed in the dossier, Kamat’s pair beat Aniket Redkar and Varun Pai Vernekar 15-7, 15-7, earning 30 points to 14 and closing the qualifying round in straight games.

The campaign’s only completed win came through a balanced rally profile. Across the two doubles matches, Kamat’s side won 27 of 53 service rallies and 27 of 46 receiving rallies. In the opener, the pair were especially effective on serve, taking 18 of 29 such rallies, while their longest winning streak reached six points.

The main draw brought a tougher test on 8 August at 4:06 pm. Against sixth-seeded Divyesh Shirsat and Fredrick Fernandes, Kamat’s pair lost 15-10, 16-14 after 26 minutes. The scoreline shows how close the second game became, but the rally detail reveals a notable pattern: the pair won only four of their first 10 points in each game, then improved after the interval from two of nine rallies before it to three of nine afterward. They also won 15 of 31 receiving rallies but just nine of 24 on serve.

That made the second match longer and more demanding than the first, with the longest recorded gap between rallies reaching 74 seconds at 10-13 in the opening game. Kamat finished the tournament with one doubles win and one doubles loss, 44 minutes on court, and a singles walkover loss. His campaign ended in the doubles main draw, with the pair’s qualifying start and narrow second-game finish defining the weekend.