CHANDIGARH, OCT 16 : Swarnaraj Bora of Assam caused a mild upset as he disposed of the challenge of 11th seeded Kaustubh Rawat of Uttrakhand in boys under-19 singles second round match in the 24th Smt. Krishna Khaitan All India Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament here today.
In the longest match of the day, the Assam shuttler overcame a tough resistance as he recorded 22-20 10-21 24-22 verdict which was stretched to 70 minutes. Another Assam boy to draw attention was Orijit Chaliha (ASM) who engaged with Sourabh Kerhalkar of Maharashtra for 59 minutes before emerging winner at 24-22 20-22 21-14.
Ira Sharma of Haryana went down fighting to Rashi Tyagi of Uttar Pradesh in 51 minutes. Rishi won by 21-16, 20-22, 21-12 in the girls under-17 singles pre-quarter-final match. Top seed Ashmita Chaliha of Assam had a smooth sailing as she defeated Aakarshi Kashyap of Chhattisgarh 21-17 21-19 in 32 minutes.
Down by a game, Yeshaswini Nanandanoori of Telanegana rallied to ground Kalpita Sawant of Air India by 18-21 21-18 21-18 in 56 minutes in the girls under-19 singles pre-quarter-final match. Mahima Aggarwal of Karnataka beat Prashi Joshi Telangana 21-19 19-21 22-20 in a tough match.
Under-19: Boys singles (2nd round): Vineet Kamble (MAH) bt Abhishek Saini (HAR) 11-21 21-15 21-13, Shubham Prajapati (MP) [9] bt Arya Bhivpathaki (MAH) 15-21 21-11 21-17, Lalit Dahiya (HAR) bt Jagadeesh K. (AP) 21-19 13-21 21-19, Aryamann Tandon (GUJ) [15] bt Anant Shivam Jindal (HAR) 21-16 21-11, Kanishq M. (AI) [3] bt Deep Rambhiya (MAH) 21-11 21-16, Yash Yogi (CG) bt Aneeth Kumar R. (AP) 21-23 21-12 21-11, Sanjai Srivatsa D. (PY) bt Pramesh Patidar (MP) 21-11 21-19, Swarnaraj Bora (ASM) bt (UTR) Kaustubh Rawat [11] (UTR) 22-20 10-21 24-22, Arintap Dasguptsa (AI)[10] bt Sayam Bothra (TS) 21-9 21-13, Kartikey Gulshan Kumar (DLI)[7] bt (MAH) Aniruddha Mayekar 21-13 21-15, Sahil Sipani (KTK)[13] bt Harsh Jagdhane (MAH) 21-9 21-11, Bodhit Joshi (UTR)[4] bt Balraj Kajla (KTK) 21-11 21-14, Kartik Jindal (HAR)[12] bt Jaswanth D. (AP) 21-17 21-12, Mithun M. (AI)[5] bt Siddharth Pratap Singh (CG) 21-19 21-19, Orijit Chaliha (ASM) bt Sourabh Kerhalkar (MAH) 24-22 20-22 21-14, Arjun Sachdeva (HAR) bt Harshit Kataria (RAJ) 21-8 21-14.
Under-17: Girls singles (pre-quarters): Ashmita Chaliha (ASM)[1] bt Aakarshi Kashyap (CG) 21-17 21-19, Purva Barve (MAH)[7] bt Prashi Joshi (TS) 21-19 21-19, Deepthi Ramesh (KTK) bt (Kalpita Sawant [3] (AI) 21-16 21-5, Tanishq M. (AP)[6] bt Yeshaswini Nandanoori (TS) 21-9 21-9 Bhavya Rishi (AI)[5] bt Ishita Kumar Manchander (CHG) 21-15 21-19, Vaidehi Choudhari (MAH)[4] bt (AP) Akshita A. 21-11 21-12, Rashi Tyagi (UP) bt Ira Sharma(HAR) 21-16 20-22 21-12, Kanika Kanwal (AI)[2] bt Rashi Lambe (MAH) 22-20 17-21 21-12.
Under-19 girls singles (pre-quarters): Amolika Singh (UP) bt Anoushka Parikh (GUJ) 21-16 25-23, Bhavya Rishi (AI)[7] bt Apeksha Nayak (KTK) 21-17 21-18, Mahima Aggarwal (KTK) bt Prashi Joshi (TS) 21-19 19-21 22-20, Aakarshi Kashyap (CG) bt Riya Mookerjee (UP) 21-16 9-21 21-18, Anura Prabhudesai (AI) bt Karishma Wadkar (MAH) 21-17 13-21 21-17, Yeshaswini Nanandanoori (TS) bt Kalpita Sawant (AI) 18-21 21-18 21-18, Kanika Kanwal (AI)[5] bt Vaidehi Choudhari (MAH) 22-20 21-19, Shikha Gautam (KTK)[2] bt Vaishnavi K.(TS) 21-11 21-12
Under-19 boys doubles (pre-quarters): R. Kapoor/S. Sharma (DLI/HAR)[1] bt Vinayak Mahajan/Kevin Wong C.C (PNB/CHG) 21-14 21-17, Gouse Shaik/Basheer Syed (AP) bt Gopalakrishna Reddy D./Balraj Kajla (TS/KTK) 17-21 21-13 21-17, Sanjai Srivatsa D./Sribalaji S. (PY)[6] bt Amrith B./Wahid Thakiyudeen (KER) 21-14 21-13, Chandra Kumar D./Brijesh Yadav (AP/UP)[4] bt Mehul Kumawat/Ajay Meena (RAJ) 21-23 21-14 21-12, Q. Mohammed/V. P. (TS) bt Arjun Gupta/Narendra Koranga (DLI) 21-19 17-21 21-11, Tushar Sharma/Harsh Singh (UP) bt Vineet Kamble/Sourabh Kerhalkar (MAH) 21-15 22-24 21-8, R32 Mohammed Faizan T./Mohammed Safwan T. (PNB/HP) bt Ram Monga/Karan Negi 21-7 21-12.
Under-17 girls doubles (pre-quarters): Ashwini Bhat K./Mithula U. K. (KTK)[1] bt Ananya Goel/Khushi Gupta (DLI) 21-9 21-6, Preethi K./Thanushree R. (TS/TN) Kavya Gandhi/Khushboo Kumar UP/DLI) 16-21 22-20 21-17, Apeksha Nayak/Bhavya Rishi (KTK/AI)[4] bt Khushi RAI/Tapaswini Samantroy (UP) 21-13 21-12, Unnati BishtAakarshi Kashyap (UTR/CG) bt Hema Dhruthi A./Nishita Varma Pakalpati (AP) 21-13 21-18.