It was a day of upsets in the 5th Gujarat State Badminton Tournament held at Rajkot as the unseeded Salvi Shah of Ahmedabad stole the march over fourth seed Nupur Vasavada of Vadodara with a 21-17, 21-19 victory to clinch the under-17 girls’ singles crown. Earlier, Salvi had defeated Jui Shah 21-19, 21-11 in the semis to reach the final.
Meanwhile, it was an occasion of double joy for Salvi when she joined hands with Dipti Kuity of Kutch to win the under-17 girls’ doubles title beating Jui Shah and Kosha Trivedi, 21-12, 21-7 in the final.
Abhyuday Agrawal lost to Aryaman 21-5,21-9 in the semi-finals of under-19 boys’ singles category.