Maisnam Meraba, Samiya Farooqui win titles in Jr Badminton

Manipur lad Maisnam Meraba and Telangana's Samiya Imad Farooqui won the boys and girls under-19 singles titles respectively in the Microplex Global and Yonex-Sunrise All-India Junior Ranking badminton Tournament here on Sunday.

The second-seeded Meiraba had things easy when his Delhi rival Aakash Yadav retired mid-way through the second game due to injury.

The Manipur boy was leading 21-9, 12-7 when Yadav decided to call it quits.

In the girls final, Samiya, the Asia Under-15 champion, hailed as the new prodigy from the Gopichand Academy, easily beat Delhi's No.16 seed Aashi Rawat 21-17, 21-12 in the final.

Samiya jumped to a 16-12 lead before Aashi fought back to narrow the lead to 15-17 but couldn't sustain the fight and went down 17-21.

The second game was a one-sided affair after some early defiance from the Delhi loss.

Results-All Finals: Boys under-19 singles: Maisnam Meiraba (Manipur-X2) bt Aakash Yadav (X5) 21-9 12-7 (retired).

Girls under-19 singles: Samiya Imad .