Shikha packs off Unnati to move into round of 16

Top seed Shikha Gautam of Karnataka had an easy outing as she beat Unnati Bisht of Uttarakhand 21-14, 21-15 to enter the pre-quarterfinals in the girls’ (U-19) section of the 14th Union Bank All-India Junior Ranking badminton tournament at the KBA Stadium here on Tuesday.

Unnati, however, progressed in the girls’ U-17 category as she overcame fifth seed Kalpita Sawant 22-20, 16-21, 21-19 in a hard fought match to advance to the last-sixteen.

In the boys’ section, the round of 32 was reached in the U-19 and U-17 sections.

Girls: U-19: singles (round of 32, prefix denotes seeding): 1-Shikha Gautam (KTK) bt Unnati Bisht (UTR) 21-14, 21-15; Aarya More (MAH) bt Akshita A (AP) 21-12, 21-23, 21-18; 8-Anura Prabhudesai (AI) bt Chimran Kalita (ASM) 21-12, 21-16; Priyanka Kumawat (RAJ) bt Vaishnavi K (TS) 21-13, 15-21, 21-16; 4-Kanika Kanwal (AI) bt Diksha Choudhary (CG) 21-16, 21-10; Mahima Aggarwal (KTK) bt Keyura Mopati (TS) 21-9, 21-6;

7-Ashmita Chaliha (ASM) bt Nishita Varma Pakalapati (AP) 21-19, 21-14; Apeksha Nayak (KTK)  W/o Karishma Wadkar (MAH); Archana Pai (KTK) bt Srishti Jupudi (TS) 21-7, 21-16; 5-Riya Mookerjee (UP) bt Ira Sharma (HAR) 21-9, 21-12; Aakarshi Kashyap (CG) bt Kalpita Sawant (AI) 21-18, 21-17; 3-Malavika JK bt Pooja Devlekar (MAH) 21-18, 19-21, 21-15; Vaidehi Choudhari (MAH) bt Uthsava Palit (WB) 21-13, 21-10; 6-Tanishq M(AP) bt Savita RN (KTK) 21-17, 21-16; Prashi Joshi (TS) bt Deepthi Ramesh (KTK) 5-0 Retd; 2-Bhavya Rishi (AI) bt Richa Muktibodh (KTK) 21-11 21-17. 

Under-17: 1-Ashmita Chaliha (ASM) bt Lakshmi Priyanka SS (TN) 21-15, 21-9; Mithula U (KTK) bt Priyanka Kumawat (RAJ) 21-16, 21-17; Rashi Lambe (MAH) bt 7-Purva Barve (MAH) 21-14, 13-21, 21-17; Aakarshi Kashyap (CG) bt Ashwini Bhat K (KTK) 21-17, 14-21, 21-16; 4-Tanishq M (AP) bt Devarshi Sanghvi (GUJ) 21-16, 21-19; Archana Pai (KTK) bt Pooja Devlekar (MAH) 12-21, 21-18, 21-9; Unnati Bisht (UTR) bt 5-Kalpita Sawant (AI) 22-20, 16-21, 21-19; Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka (TS) bt Riya Khatri (DLI) 21-4, 21-8; Nivetha M (TN) bt Srishti Jupudi (TS) 12-21, 21-15, 21-10; 6-Bhavya Rishi (AI) bt Akshita A (AP) 21-19, 26-24; Nivedha Srinivasan (PY) bt Sheethal D (KTK) 17-21, 21-6, 21-18; 3-Vaidehi Choudhari (MAH) bt Ira Sharma (HAR) 21-13, 21-9; Nishita Varma Pakalapati (AP) bt Ramsha Farooqui (MAH) 21-13, 21-19; 8-Prashi Joshi (TS) bt Apeksha Nayak (KTK) 17-21, 21-9, 11-8 Retd.; Ananya Goel (DLI) bt Deepthi Ramesh (KTK) 5-1 Retd; 2-Kanika Kanwal (AI) bt Mugdha Agrey (MAH) 21-18, 19-21, 21-15.