BPS State Badminton Ranking Tournament 2026

Meher Aghicha’s tournament began with an 11-minute U11 Girls’ Singles match against Anvitha Poojari, but the campaign’s clearest success came two days later in the U9 Girls’ Singles draw. There, Aghicha opened with a 15-4, 15-11 win over Shanaya Sah, taking 30 points to 15 and earning her only match win of the tournament.

The second round came 123 minutes later, against Samaira Velip. Aghicha lost 15-1, 15-3, ending her singles run after 27 minutes on court across two matches. She also entered U9 Girls’ Doubles with an unnamed partner, where the pair lost 15-4, 15-2 to Oorvi Khyalia and Samaira Velip in 11 minutes. The doubles side won six points; its opponents won 30.

Across all four completed matches, Aghicha spent 49 minutes on court, finishing with one win and three losses and 43 points won against 105. The match-day pacing was spread across the tournament: the U9 singles matches were separated by 123 minutes, while doubles was recorded 172 minutes after the singles loss. Those were the shortest and longest listed rest gaps, respectively.

The rally detail points to a contrast between the two singles events. In U9 singles, Aghicha won 22 of 35 rallies on her serve, but only 12 of 44 on receive. In U11 singles, the split reversed sharply: one of four on serve and two of 29 receiving. Across the covered rallies, she also won 8 of 40 points at game starts, making early-game scoreboard pressure a recurring difficulty. Her tournament ended with the first-round doubles defeat, but the U9 singles victory remains its defining result.