Patna: Holder Rituparna Das retained U-19 girls title while unseeded Harshil Dhani pulled off an upset win to clinch the U-19 boys title in the 39th Junior national badminton Championship here yesterday.

Rituparna defeated Ruthvika Shivani 21-19 21-19, while in the boys singles U-19 final, top seeded Aditya Joshi of Air India looked offcolour and almost surrendered before teammate Harhil Dhani.