Kashyap advances

London Olympics quarterfinalist Parupalli Kashyap and defending champion PV Sindhu reached the last-eight stage of the 77th Senior National Badminton championship after posting contrasting wins in the men’s and women’s singles competition here on Monday. 

 
World number 20 Kas­hyap remained on course for his maiden national title following his comfortable 21-9, 21-11 victory over Suraj RN, while Sindhu won after her opponent, 12th seed Saili Rane, retired midway at 21-7, 6-3 in the pre-quarterfinals at the Sher-e-Kashmir Indoor stadium. 

World number 25 Ajay Jayaram survived a scare from 11th seed Pratul Joshi before seeing him off 21-23, 21-14, 21-15 in a 50 minute match, while 14th seed RMV  Guru Sai Dutt scored an easy 21-12, 21-4 win over Subhankar Dey. 

Results (prefix denotes seeding, all pre-quarterfinals): Men: Shreyansh Jaiswal bt Love Kumar 21-11 21-17, 6-Nanda Gopal K bt 16-Arvind Bhat 23-21 21-19; Abhimanyu Singh bt 3-Mohit Kamat 19-21, 21-13, 21-9; Ajay Jayaram bt 11-Pratul Joshi 21-23, 21-14, 21-15; 8-Srikanth K bt Anup Sridhar 21-15, 21-15; 14-RMV Gurusaidutt bt Subhankar Dey 21-12, 21-4; P Kashyap bt Suraj RN 21-9, 21-11; 2-Sai Praneeth B bt Velavan V 21-17, 21-13.

Women: Neha Pandit bt Arathi Sara 16-21, 21-14, 21-14; Arunadhati bt Sheshadari Sanyal 21-11, 21-8; PV Sindhu bt Saili Rane 21-7, 6-3 (retd.); Anita Ohlan bt Mohita Sahdev 21-9, 21-15; Tanvi Lad bt Rasika Raje 21-17, 21-10; Trupti Murgunde bt Sneha Santhilal 21-13, 21-8; PC Thulasi bt Kanthi Visalakshi 21-13, 21-13; Sayali Gokhale bt Riya Pillai 21-8, 21-12.