Varun Mujumdar of Arya Vidyamandir (Bandra) entered the final of the boys' U-16 Mumbai Schools Sports Association inter-school badminton tournament after he shocked top seed Akshan Shetty of Thakur Vidyamandir (Kandivli) at the Cricket Club of India badminton courts yesterday. Third seed Varun registered a 21-19, 13-21, 21-19 win over Akshan in a match that lasted 45 minutes.
 

Varun Mujumdar

In the opening game, Varun had a 10-6 lead, but Akshan caught up with him at 19-19 before Varun sealed the first game 21-19. The second game went neck-and-neck till 4-4, after which some brilliant shots saw Akshan take control of the game to win it 21-13 to take the match to the decider.