Sameer Verma loses in Semis at BWF World Junior Badminton championships-2011

Top Indian junior Sameer Verma has done the country proud, by finishing in the last 4 in the Men's Singles event at the recently concluded BWF World Junior Badminton Championships-2011 that was held at Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) from 2-Nov-2011 to 06-Nov-2011.

MP lad Sameer Verma who had also won the Silver medal at the Asian Youth Badminton championships-2011 earlier this year was seeded 3/4 in the tournament. He stormed into the semi-finals defeating Ka Long Ng of Hong Kong 21-15, 21-16 in the quarter-finals.

The semi-finals was also a keenly contested affair where Sameer lost the opportunity of reaching the finals of the World junior badminton champion by only a very small margin. Top seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark who is currently ranked no.43 in the world defeated Sameer 21-19, 21-19 in two closely fought sets.

Only one Indian, Saina Nehwal has ever managed to become the world junior badminton champion, and though Sameer could not manage to emulate her feat, still reaching the last 4 stage at the world junior level is a big achievement.

Congrats Sameer!

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Sameer Verma wins boys singles u-19 title

Sameer Verma, currently India Junior #1, won the Boys singles under-19 badminton title at the recently concluded Shree Ganga Dham All India Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament, Haridwar-2011.

Sameer Verma, who hails from Dhar in Madhya Pradesh, defeated 3rd seeded Rohit Yadav C. 21-13, 21-18 in the finals.

Verma who started out as the top seed in the tournament, justified his top billing by winning the title. He had a smooth run in the tournament & the only match where he was stretched to 3 sets was in the semi-finals against 4th seed Srikanth K.

Sameer's results from this Haridwar Junior Ranking tournament are as below:

First round:         Sameer Verma (AI) defeated Ketan Chahal 21-10, 21-12
Second round:    Sameer Verma (AI) defeated Abhishek Yeligar with an identical score 21-10, 21-12
Quarter-Finals:   Sameer Verma (AI) defeated 5th seed Vijetha N.V.S. 21-11, 21-10
Semi-Finals:       Sameer Verma (AI) defeated 4th seed Srikanth K. 19-21 21-15 21-10
Final Match:       Sameer Verma (AI) defeated 4th seed Rohit Yadav C. 21-13 21-18

While Sameer Verma is currently India's top rated Junior player, his elder brother Sourabh Verma is currently the Senior India No.1 as per the latest Indian National Rankings.

And to their credit, both the brothers are justifying their rankings by performing well at the Ranking tournaments. While Sameer has won this junior ranking tournament at Haridwar, Saurabh Verma won the Senior Ranking tournament that was held at Atul in Gujarat recently.