Ludhiana, Nov. 2 -- Viren Seth, Japleen Kaur and Gursimrat Kaur Chahal emerged among the top performers as the Punjab State Junior (U-19) and Senior Badminton Championship 2026 concluded at Shastri Badminton Hall, on Monday.

In the senior men's singles final, Viren Seth from Jalandhar defeated Eshaan Sharma from Gurdaspur to claim the title. Anish Bhardwaj and Divyam Sachdeva, both from Jalandhar, finished as semi-finalists. In women's singles, Japleen Kaur from Ferozepur won the title, while Inayat Gulati from Jalandhar finished runner-up.

Kartik Karwasara and Madhav Kanojia from Fazilka and Jalandhar respectively, won the men's doubles title, defeating Nitish Chopra and Rawel Singh from Ludhiana.

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