Gurleen, Gursimrat enter semis of junior badminton tourney

Gurleen Kaur Dhillon and Gursimrat Kaur Chahal, both from Ludhiana, along with Manya Ralhan of Jalandhar and Seeza of Sangrur, claimed victories in their respective quarter-finals in the girls’ singles section to secure berths in the last four stages in the ongoing Junior (U-19) Punjab State Badminton Tournament being held at Shastri Hall near Guru Nanak Stadium here on Wednesday.

Gurleen beat Pirachi Singh of Muktsar (21-9 and 21-13) and Gursimrat defeated Manmeet Kaur of Gurdaspur (21-11 and 21-9) to enter the semi-final. Manya proved too good for Diza Garag of Moga, whom she edged out easily (21-6 and 21-4) while Seeza warded off stiff resistance against Anupama Sharma from Ludhiana before wrapping up the issue (21-6 and 21-19) to complete the semi-final line-up.

In the girls’ doubles quarter-finals, Manmeet Kaur of Gurdaspur and Seeza of Sangrur got the better of Pirachi Singh of Muktsar and Sania of Jalandhar (21-12 and 21-17) while Manya Ralhan and Simran Gilhotra of Jalandhar got walkover against Ananya Sharma of Jalandhar and Soynaz of Amritsar to book their berths in the semi-final.