Vadodara, January 7: Hosts Gujarat have drawn top-seed Telangana while the second seed Maharashtra A will have a tough pre-quarterfinal meeting with North Bengal in what seems to be the toughest outing in the Junior Girls section of the main draw of the 11Even Sports 78th Junior and Youth National Championships at the SAMA Indoor Complex here today.
Though it was neither a top-heavy or bottom-heavy draw, there will certainly be some interesting matches as Madhya Pradesh take on Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu meet Kerala, Haryana play Maharashtra B in the top half.
In bottom half, it will be West Bengal versus Odisha in what seems to be the easiest outing, Karnataka crossing sword with Delhi, Rajasthan playing Uttar Pradesh.
In Junior Boys, holders West Bengal are to take on lowly Chandigarh in the pre-quarterfinals while Karnataka have an easy outing against Odisha, Maharashtra A and North Bengal and Haryana and Tamil Nadu in what could be tough matches of the top half.
In the bottom, Delhi will take on UP, Gujarat will meet Telangana, Kerala take on Mizoram and Maharashtra B clashing with PSPBA.
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