Yonex-Sunrise All India Sub Junior badminton tournament: Riya Habbu falls at last hurdle
August 7, 2019, Pune Badminton

Pune’s Riya Habbu lost 14-21, 12-21 to Mansi Singh in the under-17 final at the Yonex-Sunrise All India Sub Junior (U-15 and U-17) ranking badminton tournament in Guwahati, on Sunday. Second seeded Mansi beat Riya in 32 minutes. Riya knocked out top seeded Taneesha Singh 21-19, 21-6 in the first round. The under-17 girls singles district champion trains at Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy (NKBA). She won the first Under-19 Girls Singles State Selection recently which was held at Nagpur. Last year, Riya won triple crown in the under-15 category in the Israel Youth International event.
Riya’s fight to final
- Final: Lost to Mansi Singh 21-14, 21-12
- Semi-final: beats Pranavi N 21-9, 21-15
- Quarterfinal: beats Devika Sihag 21-9, 21-15
- Round 3: beats Deepta S 21-18, 21-9
- Round 2: beats Sneha Rajwar 22-20, 21-6
- Round 1: beats Taneesha Singh 21-19, 21-6