Allan de Leon (right) poses with (from left) Neel Ganesh, Bivab Chandra and Sai Ratan, whom the former Philippine Badminton Association and national coach has been handling since he moved to the US in September, 2019. Now the Atlanta Badminton Club head coach, De Leon continues to develop and train future world-caliber players. Shankar and Liu, both 9 years old and ranked among the Top 10 in the US Badminton Association, won the mixed doubles U-11 title in the Arena SoCal Open Regional Championships in Pomona, California recently. Shankar also bagged the boys’ doubles trophy with Aditya Namboodiripad.
