mandya promising andhra youngster b sai praneeth came up with a scintillating performance to defeat air indias hs prannoy in the boys singles final of the 34th junior national badminton championship at the pet sports complex here on monday the 17yearold second seed held his nerve in a 47minute thriller that ended 2116 1421 2115the 1st year b com student bagged his maiden junior national crown to ensure the day was doubly sweet for ap as n sikki reddy bagged her second consecutive junior national crown with a 2117 2116 victory over statemate pv sindhu i have beaten prannoy before and i knew what i had to do an overjoyed sai said after his match the shuttles have been very fast throughout this tournament and that was likely to cause a problemconsidering prannoys style i just avoided lifting the shuttle too high and drew him closer to the net added the gopichand academy trainee who lost in the quarters to karnatakas prakash jolly in the last nationals in sivakasi