Aditya sails into quarters
Bhat, Sridhar fall in first round; top seeds through
Karnataka shuttler Aditya Prakash stood tall amidst the ruins to keep the host challenge afloat as seasoned campaigners Arvind Bhat and Anup Sridhar fell by the wayside in the IFCI all-India Senior-ranking badminton tournament at the KBA courts here on Saturday.
The opening day saw National champion Bhat, seeded fourth here, exiting in the first round. The Petroleum Sports Promotion Board shuttler squandered a first-game lead to bow out to State-mate Prakash Jolly, losing 21-18, 21-23, 20-22 in a close-contest that lasted 41 minutes.
Sridhar, who returned to the court after a long injury lay-off, was ousted by sixth seed B Sumeeth Reddy 21-19, 8-21, 21-16 in another 40-minute battle.
Aditya, who eased past Air India’s Aditya Joshi 21-11, 21-12 in the first round, scored a 21-17, 21-13 over Saarang Lakhanee of AI in just 28 minutes to enter the quarterfinals.
Other host shuttlers to bow out in the last-16 stage of the men’s section were Rohan Castelino, who lost to second seed B Sai Praneeth of PSPB 18-21, 14-21, and Prakash Jolly K, who went down to Srujan N of Andhra Pradesh 14-21, 21-18, 19-21.
Top seeds Sourabh Verma of PSPB and Neha Pandit of Airport Authority of India had no such worries as the duo made it to the quarterfinals. Sourabh accounted for Eshan Naqvi of Maharashtra 13-21, 21-18, 21-7 while Neha overcame Karnataka’s Jacqueline Rose Kunnath 21-17, 22-20.
Results (prefix number denotes seedings):
Men (pre-quarterfinals): Aditya Prakash (Kar) bt Saarang Lakhanee (AI) 21-17, 21-13; 2-B Sai Praneeth (PSPB) bt Rohan Castelino 21-18, 21-14 (Kar); Srujan N (AP) bt Prakash Jolly K (Kar) 21-14, 18-21, 21-19; 1-Sourabh Verma (PSPB) bt Eshan Naqvi (Mah) 13-21, 21-18, 21-7; 5-Nanda Gopal K (AAI) bt Tanishak K (AP) 21-3, 13-1 (retd); 3-Prannoy HS (PSPB) bt Akshit Mahajan (Har) 21-14, 21-13; 6-Sumeeth Reddy B (AAI) bt Vinay Kumar Reddy P (Rly) 21-14, 21-15; 7-Mohit Kamat (Rly) bt Ravinder Singh (UP) 21-9, 21-9. First round: Aditya Prakash (Kar) bt Aditya Joshi (AI) 21-11, 21-12; Sumeeth Reddy bt Anup Sridhar (Kar) 21-19, 8-21, 21-16; Prakash Jolly (Kar) bt 4-Arvind Bhat (PSPB) 18-21, 23-21, 22-20; Sourabh bt Sagar Chopda (Mah) 21-14, 21-17; Nanda Gopal bt Ajit Wijetilak (Kar) 19-21, 21-13, 21-17; Akshit Mahajan (Har) bt Rishikesh Yeligar (Kar) 21-19, 21-17; Sumeeth Reddy bt Anup Sridhar (Kar) 21-19, 8-21, 21-16; Rohan Deepak (Rly) 21-18, 21-16.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): 1-Pranav Chopra/ Akshay Dewalkar (PSPB/ AI) bt Tanishak K/ Vinayak NN (AP) 24-22, 21-13; Mayank Behal/ Tanveer Gill (Pnb/ Dli) Sunjith S/ Ram C Vijay (Ker) 21-16, 21-13; Guru Prasad D/ Vineeth Manuel (Kar) bt 3-Tarun K/ Arun Vishnu (PSPB) 10-2 (retired); B Sumeeth Reddy/ Prannoy HS (AAI/PSPB) bt Saarang Lakhanee/ Eshan Naqvi (AI/Mah) 21-13, 21-17; Anil Kumar Raju M/ Vinay Kumar Reddy P (AP/ Rly) bt Mohit Kamat/ Venkatesh Prasad (Rly/Kar) 21-16, 14-21, 21-16; 4-B Sai Praneeth B/ Nanda Gopal K (PSPB/AAI) bt Bennet Antony/ Suraj PH (Ker) 21-14, 21-14; Venkat Gaurav/ Manish Gupta (Rly/Cg) bt Deepak Khatri/ Akshit Mahajan (Rly/Har) 21-19, 17-21, 21-19. Women (pre-quarterfinals): 1-Neha Pandit (AAI) bt Jacqueline Rose Kunnath (Kar) 21-17, 22-20; 7-Dhanya Nair (Rly) bt Sanyogita Ghorpade (AI) 19-21, 22-20, 21-19; 3-Sayali Gokhale (AI) bt Riya Pillai (Mah) 21-13, 21-11; 6-Mohita Sahdev (AAI) bt Shradha Srivastava (Dli) 21-8, 26-24; 5-Sampada Sahasrabuddhe (AAI) bt Sara Naqvi (UP) 21-10, 21-8; Siki Reddy N (AAI) bt Trupti Murgunde (PSPB) 20-22, 21-17, 21-17; 8-Mudra Dhainje (AI) bt Chitra Lekha (Rly) 21-18, 21-16; Tanvi Lad (AI) bt Garima Yadav (MP) 21-7, 21-9.
First round: Neha bt Sindhu Bhardwaj (Kar) 21-14, 21-14; Jacqueline bt Sarada Govardhini J (AP) 21-12, 21-13; Sayali bt Nischitha GM (Kar) 21-7, 21-13; Trupti bt Uttara Prakash (Kar) 21-10, 21-10.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): 1-Pradnya Gadre/ Prajakta Sawant (AI/PSPB) bt Garima Yadav/ Saloni Yadav (MP) 21-13, 21-6; Neha Pandit/ Gayatri Vartak (AAI/PSPB) bt 3-Anjali Kalita/ Meenakshi Nair (Rly/ Dli) 21-12, 13-21, 21-15; Shruti Kurien/ Nitya Sosale (PSPB) bt Anita Ohlan/ Mohita Sahdev (Rly/AAI) 21-18, 21-9; Sanyogita Ghorpade/ Arathi Sara Sunil (AI) bt Abantika Deka/ Rimi Hazarika (Asm) 21-14, 21-17; 4-Aparna Balan/ Siki Reddy N (PSPB/AAI) bt Amrita Mukherjee/ Barnali Raha (Rly/WB) 21-14, 21-18; Nischitha GM/ Poorvisha SR (Kar) w/o 2-Maneesha K/ Jyotshna P (AP). Mixed doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Alwin Francis/ Shruti Kurien (Ker/PSPB) bt Ram C Vijay/ Poorvisha SR (Ker/Kar) 21-15, 21-11; 1-Pranav Chopra/ Prajakta Sawant (PSPB) bt Guru Prasad D/ Nischitha GM (Kar) 2-1 (retd).
