Jaipur: Promising Rajasthan duo of Rakshit Singh Mehra and Lokesh Gurjar won the U-13 boys doubles title at the All India Sub-Junior (U-13) Ranking Badminton tournament which concluded in Patna on Thursday.In the U-13 boys doubles summit clash, second seeds Rakshit and Lokesh stunned top seeds Rehaan Dudekula (Andhra) and Sarthak Joshi (Uttarakhand) 17-15, 15-10 in 23 minutes to clinch the title.Earlier on Wednesday, Rakshit-Lokesh thumped third seeds Shannon Loitongbam and Devasis Singh Nameirakpam 15-7, 15-8 in semis, while got the better of Purab Karki and Shivansh Lohan 15-5, 15-7 in the quarters.
Rajasthan duo of Rakshit Singh Mehra (right) and Lokesh Gurjar wins the U-13 boys doubles title at the All India Sub-Junior Ranking Badminton tournament in Patna on Thursday
In the U-13 boys singles Round of 16 stage, Rakshit, a student of Modi World School, Jhunjhunu, went down fighting against third seed Ishmeet Arora 6-15, 9-15, while Lokesh lost against wild card entrant Amul Kumar 13-15, 6-15.Rakshit trains under senior coach TS Bisht at the Subodh Badminton Academy, Jaipur. Rakshit was congratulated by his uncles Surendra Singh Mehra and Mahendra Singh Mehra for his outstanding success.
