Bhavya-Pragya seal berth in badminton pre-quarterfinals

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, January 6

Bhavya Chhabra and Pragya Katara defeated Atishya Saxena and Nimar Kaur Virk (21-15, 21-11) to enter the mixed doubles U-17 pre-quarterfinals in the ongoing 1st Ashwani Gupta Memorial All-India Sub-Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament at the Tau Devi Lal Complex in Sector 3 here.

B Arigela and P Parida outplayed Bhavishay Ahlawat and Nancy (21-7, 21-13), while Naksh Verma and Manya Ralhan registered a comeback (17-21, 21-19, 21-17) win over Kelvin Pheiroijam and Jiya Rawat. Archit Sinha and Sanvie Anand also moved ahead by defeating S Bomakanti and S Anumula (21-18, 21-14), Harshit and Komal Saroha defeated Harshit Dahiya and Saanvi Chugh (21-19, 21-13) and the pair of Aryaman Dhull and Kanishka Kalia thrashed Yashdeep Gogoi and Anushree Mahanta (21-18, 19-21, 21-13).

In the girls’ U-15 category, Rajasthan’s Suhasi Verma defeated Seeza (21-16, 19-21, 21-19) and Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye ousted Skiedeep Kour (21-7, 21-10). In the girls’ U-17 matches, Aalisha Naik defeated Poojitha Gadiraju (21-12, 21-11), Prashansa Bonam outplayed Aneri Kotak (21-14, 16-21, 21-15), Rujula Ramu outplayed Fariha Shireen (13-21, 22-20, 21-14), Sadhana Fenelon defeated Shravani Walekar (19-21, 21-7, 22-20), Andrea Sarah Kurien thrashed Angelina Valsan (21-16, 20-22, 21-11) and Parth Deore defeated Ishaan Negi (21-13, 21-14).

Jayanth CB marched ahead by defeating Bhanu Pratap Singh Chouhan (15-21, 21-16, 21-10). Shaurya Agarwal logged a (21-14, 21-14) win over Manku Taku and Suryaksh Rawat beat Tanay Ajay Mehendale (21-12, 21-12). Avadh Billore moved ahead in the boys’ U-15 category by defeating Divyansh Agarwal (21-15, 21-19). Parth Lohakare defeated Udipta Mishra (21-15, 21-16), Nidhish More thrashed Vedant Pahwa (21-17, 16-21, 21-5), Abhinav Garg defeated Reyansh Verma (21-15, 21-17), Showrya Kiran J defeated Vamsi Krishna Jarugumilli (21-9, 21-13), Prateek Koundilya defeated Yuva Surya Jagarlamudi (21-15, 21-13), Gnana Dattu TT defeated Sai Sahil Kota (21-17, 12-21, 21-18) and Vansh Dev thrashed Harsh Mane (21-11, 21-7).