Thea Sheth fought back strongly to defeat Tia Ugrankar 21-13, 16-21, 21-12 and book her place in the Girls' U-17 final of the CCI-GMBA Badminton Championship 2026 in Mumbai. In the Boys' U-19 quarter-finals, top seed Harshit Mahimkar cruised past Reyansh Dubey 21-8, 21-4 to secure a semi-final berth.

Mumbai, June 18: Thea Sheth showed solid fighting spirit to overcome Tia Ugrankar in three closely fought games 2-1 to advance to the Girls’ U-17 final of the CCI Yonex Sunrise Mumbai District Badminton Championship 2026, organised by the Cricket Club of India in association with the Greater Mumbai Badminton Association (GMBA), played at the CCI courts, Churchgate, on Thursday.

Thea advances to final

In a semi-final match, Thea encountered quite a challenge from Tia but managed to scrape through, winning 21-13, 16-21, 21-12.

Harshit cruises into semis