Prabhnoor, Aayushi storm into quarterfinals

Our Sports Correspondent

Ludhiana, August 18

Prabhnoor Kaur and Aayushi Bisht recorded easy wins in their pre-quarterfinal encounters to storm into the last-eight stage in girls’ singles (U-11) on the third and penultimate day of the Sub-Junior Ludhiana District Badminton Tournament being held at Shastri Hall, near Guru Nanak Stadium, here on Saturday.

Prabhnoor overwhelmed her opponent Avni (21-7, 21-6), while Aayushi got the better of Gurleen Kaur (21-8, 21-9) to advance into the quarterfinals. Other players, who made it to the quarterfinals, include Mansha, Prijal Jain, Karul Tyagi, Kashvi, Manya and Guntas Kaur.

Third day’s results

Girls’ singles (U-11) pre-quarterfinals: Mansha beat Upneet Kaur 21-10, 21-14; Prijal Jain beat Dhriti Arora 21-13, 21-12; Karul Tyagi beat Khyati Chaubay 21-5, 21-7; Manya got walkover against Neeti Katyar; Kashvi beat Sanvi Sharma 21-9, 21-14; Aayushi Bisht beat Gurleen Kaur 21-8, 21-9; Guntas Kaur beat Angel 21-12, 21-9 and Prabhnoor beat Avni 21-7, 21-6.

Girls’ singles (U-13) pre-quarterfinals: Sneha Bhandari beat Shifali 21-0, 21-3; Priyal beat Melisha 21-10, 21-16; Ishmeet Kaur beat Aayushi Bisht 21-9, 21-11; Vaasvi Singal beat Tehzeeb Kaur 21-5, 21-8; Saanvi Nautyal beat Muskan 21-9, 21-8; Anupama beat Angel 21-3, 21-1; Anvi beat Rhea Khosla 21-14, 21-16 and Ramandeep Kaur beat Manmeet Kaur 21-2, 21-6.

Girls’ singles (U-15) pre-quarterfinals: Arunima Pal beat Sriyan Kaushal 21-3, 21-4; Saanvi Nautyal beat Sumedha Sharma 21-15, 21-14; Sant Kaur beat Vaasvi 21-7, 21-12; Anupama beat Palkirat 21-19, 20-22, 25-23; Alish Pathania beat Raina Mehra 21-10, 15-21, 21-18; Sneha Bhandari beat Maitri Mogla 21-19, 20-22, 21-12; Akanksha beat Ramandeep Kaur 21-17, 11-21, 21-6; Arpita Poonia beat Ravneet Kaur 21-13, 21-7.

Boys’ doubles (U-11) quarterfinals: Devansh Rana and Gagandeep Singh beat Ranbir and Bismin 21-11, 21-16; Shobit Goel and Shaurya Gumber beat Pranav Nayyar and Vinayak 21-14, 21-11; Nipun Angra and Arnav Gupta beat Yashveer and Dev 21-16, 21-11;Krishav and Shreyas beat Stavan Jain and Aditya Sharma 21-15, 21-12.

Boys’ doubles (U-13) quarterfinals: Rajveer and Pratham Sood beat Parth and Gagandeep Singh 21-9, 21-11; Jasraj Singh and Nirman Jain beat Hargun and Madhav 21-11, 21-6; Varinderjit Singh and Asmit Dhir beat Manik and Ryan 21-13, 21-8; Naman Narang and Vaibhav Sharma beat Aarish and Rahaon 21-17, 21-11.