National sub-junior and mini badminton: Stage is set for the main event

Patna, November 11
Eight boys and as many girls qualified for the main draw of the 22nd National sub-junior and Mini badminton championships after two days grueling battles at the Secretariat badminton Hall here on Monday.

Ajit Sai Reddy (Andhra Pradesh) led the pack. Rohan Kapoor (Delhi), Gaurav Deshbal (Delhi), Utkarsh Arora (Delhi), Shril (AP), Rahul Yadav (AP), Bodhit (Uttarakhand) and Prithvi Raj Yuva (AP) booked their place for the main draw in the mini boys singles event.

In the girls’ section, Manisha (AP), Unni Anappa (Karnataka), Paramada (AP), G Shivani Ruchika (AP), Anisha (Karnataka) got their entry into the main draw of sub-junior singles.

Organising secretary, KN Jaiswal said the matches of the main draw would star from Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Samir Verma of Madhya Pradesh and Tanvi Lad of Maharashtra have been given top seeding in the sub-Junior boys and girls’ singles respectively. Aditya Joshi of Madhya Pradesh and Rituparna Das of West Bengal have been given top billing in the Mini boys and girls’ singles respectively.

Results: Qualifying round (Mini boys singles final round)
A S Reddy (AP) beat Syed Ali (AP) 21-12, 21-13, Rohan Kapoor (Delhi) beat N Kashyap (Assam) 25-23, 21-19, Gourav Deshbal (Delhi) beat R Teja (AP) 21-17, 21-11, Utkarsh Arora (Delhi) beat T Bora (Assam) 21-23, 21-16, 21-11, Shril (AP) beat K S Reddy (AP) 21-18, 18-21, 21-15, Rahul Yadav (AP) beat Md Akram (UP) 21-18, 18-21, 21-8, Bodhit (Uttarakhand) beat M Kanishk (AP) 21-17, 21-13, Prithivi Raj Yuva (AP) beat S Teja (AP) 21-14, 21-10.

Sub-junior girls’ singles last round
Manisha (AP) beat M H Haritha (Kerala) 21-5, 21-6; Unni Andha (Karnataka) beat Samiksha Singh (MP) 21-7, 21-9; Anisha Karumbaeya (Karnataka) beat Darshana Sharma (Assam) 21-7, 21-11; Pramada (AP) beat Sneha (Kerala) 21-12, 21-11; Shivani (AP) beat Minti Kaur (Mah) 21-12, 21-11.

Sub junior boys' singles first round:
Ramchandran Aslok (Mah) beat Shyam Prasad 21-14, 21-16, T Lahkar (Delhi) beat Sachin Kr Singh (Jhar) 21-19, 21-19, G Gopi Raju (AP) beat Suraj Prakash (Bihar) 21-13, 21-9, Harshit Agrawal (Kar.) beat Gourav (AP) 21-18, 21-18, Mahendra Ballu (AP) beat Punit Bhatt (Bengal) 21-19, 21-14, Nitish Kr Arora (Delhi) beat D Vasudevan (Tamil Nadu) 21-12, 21-17.
Gourav Mishra (UP) beat K Biyola (Kerala) 21-1, 21-3; Ashish Rathi (Delhi) beat Vishal Raj (Jhar) 24-22, 21-14, Utkarsh Arora (Delhi) beat Punit (Bengal) 21-15, 21-17; Anumil Sundaram (Bihar) beat K Harinagu (AP) 21-17, 22-20; M Verma (AP) beat Shrigith Muttiah (Kerala) 21-5, 21-3; Rohan Kapoor (Delhi) beat N E T Sai (Kerala) 17-21, 21-17, 21-13; Pawan Kumar (Jhar) beat Pratik Singh (UP) 21-23, 21-18, 21-19.
Kush (AP) beat Bichu (Kerala) 20-22, 21-18, 21-16; S K Azharuddin (AP) beat M R Arjun (Kerala) 21-10, 21-15; Manish (AP) beat Abhinav (UP) 21-6, 21-18; Sourav (Bihar) beat Shikhar Agrawal (Delhi) 21-13, 21-13; B Sriram (AP) beat Jayram Singh (Jhar) 18-21, 21-16, 21-12; K P Chaitanya (AP) beat Bhadur Lal (Jhar) 21-12, 21-6; Shyam Patidar (MP) beat Rishav Sahavdeo (Delhi) 20-22, 21-19, 21-14; Palav Bose (Bengal) beat Rohit Victor (Kerala) 21-5, 21-8. H N D Babu (AP) beat Anubhav Narayan (Bihar) 21-7, 21-5; K C Reddy (AP) beat M D Baylal (UP) 21-19, 21-16; Chandrajeet Jha (Jhar) beat N Hyder (Bihar) 21-5, 21-13; Anantdeep Mishra (MP) beat Ishan Talwalkar (Mah) 17-21, 21-8, 21-14.
Shrish (AP) beat Rajdeep Mitra (Bengal) 21-7, 21-13; H Barua (Assam) beat Aarul (Kerala) 21-11, 21-9; G Akhilesh (AP) beat Ankit Kumar (Bihar) 21-13, 21-18. Ankit Chikara (Delhi) beat Alok Upadhayay (UP) 23-21, 21-23, 21-15, V Madhav (AP) beat Atul Gupta (Jhar) 21-14, 21-10, Md Ahshan (Assam) beat Aditya Prakash (Kerala) 23-21, 22-20.

Sub-junior girls’ singles first round:
Najma Khan (MP) beat Rinni Tandal (Guj) 21-18, 21-14; Vishwachhi Pandey (Chandigarh) beat Puja Singh (UP) 21-5, 21-6; Harshita Chaliya (Assam) beat Ananya Naagar (Delhi) 21-14, 21-12; Karishma (Mah) beat Shraiya (Karnataka) 21-8, 21-8; Sneha Shanti Lal (Kerala) beat Pragaya (UP) 21-12, 21-8; M Puja (AP) beat Reshemi Babu (Tamil Nadu) 21-10, 21-19.

Mini boys’ singles first round:
K Bhardwaj (Assam) beat Shekhar Agrawal (Delhi) 21-17, 23-21; Syed Ali (AP) beat Aarul (Kerala) 21-19, 21-10; N Kashyap (Assam) beat Lakshya (Uttaranchal) 21-13, 21-17; Rohan Kapoor (Delhi) beat Rohit (AP) 21-12, 22-20; Aushwani (Kerala) beat G Teja (AP) 21-13, 21-11; N Nath (Assam) beat A Dasgupta (Bengal) 21-18, 21-11, B Gogai (Assam) beat Victor Rohit (Kerala) 21-15, 17-21, 21-12; K M Reddy (AP) beat Shekhar Kumar (Bihar) 20-22, 21-19, 21-19; Md Akram (UP) beat N A Gogai (Assam) 21-13, 21-18; Udit (Jhar) beat M Ghosh (Bengal) 21-11, 21-15.
Bodhit (Mah) beat K Gopichand (AP) 21-10, 21-10, N E T Sai (AP) beat Ansul Yadav (UP) 21-13, 21-14; Nihal Singh (Assam) beat Kushagra Tathal (Delhi) 21-18, 21-16

(Photo Caption: Players in action during the boys doubles qualifying round match of the National sub-junior and mini badminton championships in Patna on Monday. Photo: Aftab)