{
  "id": 5116852,
  "title": "Mumbai Badminton: Ananya Sheth Stages Comeback To Beat Sayesha Sawant In Girls’ U-13 Round Of 64",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/mumbai-badminton-ananya-sheth-stages-comeback-to-beat-sayesha-sawant",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-02T15:18:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/mumbai-badminton-ananya-sheth-stages-comeback-to-beat-sayesha-sawant-in-girls-u-13-round-of-64"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a highly competitive Girls’ U-13 round 64 match at the Mumbai Suburban District Championship & Selection Tournament 2026, Ananya Sheth of Goregaon Sports Club staged a remarkable comeback to defeat Sayesha Sawant 2-1. The Indian player lost the opening game but responded fiercely, defeating her opponent 15-13, 9-15, 15-9 to progress to the next round.\n\nFurther highlights from the tournament included Adaya Singh's victory over Anvitha Korati 14-15, 15-14, 15-14, and Rida Siddiqui's win against Srishti Swaminathan 15-12, 15-9. Shanaya Bansal also advanced by defeating Kashvi Maheshwari 15-11, 15-14. The Boys’ U-13 Round 64 matches saw Viraaj Singh and Nirvaan Shah securing wins over Shanay Shah and Srihan Dubey respectively, with scores of 15-9, 15-9 and 15-8, 15-9. Other notable results included Lakshya Gaur's 15-4, 15-11 win over Vir Gosalia and Chittesh Razdan's 15-9, 15-12 victory over Vir Gosalia.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, September 2: Playing with plenty of grit and determination, Ananya Sheth got the better of Sayesha Sawant 2-1 in a Girls’ U-13 round 64 match of the Mumbai Suburban District Championship & Selection Tournament 2026, organised by Goregaon Sports Club in association with the Badminton Association for Mumbai Upnagar and played at the Goregaon Sports Club on Wednesday. The Goregaon Sports…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}