Thane district’s Sarvesh Yadav, 16, who clinched the  boys’ U-17 singles title in the Suhas Nadkarni Memorial Yonex Sunrise Maharashtra State Open Badminton Tournament at the MIG Cricket Club on Saturday, hopes to improve his national ranking after his current performance. In the final, he took just 25 minutes to defeat Arnav Dagli 21-10, 21-6.

In the semi, top seed Sarvesh registered a 21-10, 22-20 win over Ishan Salvi. He last won the U-17 state title in 2021 at Kalyan. Sarvesh credited his success in the recent past for his switch from Satara to Thane in 2019. He thanked his parents (Naina and Mahesh) who shifted to Thane so that he could pursue his badminton dream. Sarvesh trains under Shrikant Vad at the Thane Badminton Academy.