Delhi’s Aaryan clears boys’ U-19 qualifying round 3 of junior ranking badminton meet

Delhi’s Aaryan Sethi cleared the boys’ U-19 qualifying third round by defeating Paras Yadav of Rajasthan 15-11 15-9, in the ongoing Yonex-Sunrise All-India Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament.

MS Madhava Narayana Madhav of Tamil Nadu defeated Akshay Pandey of Uttar Pradesh 15-12 15-8, while Bose Singh Chirom of Manipur also advanced by overpowering Viraj Sharma of PNB 15-8 15-11.

In other one-sided matches, Karnataka’s Hardik Divyansh defeated Maharashtra’s Kavin Patel 15-5 15-7, Akhil Arora of PNB defeated Ashwin Kumar of Gujarat 15-10 15-9, Assam’s Vernan Mahanta ousted Sanyam Kothari of Rajasthan 15-11 15-12 and Angad Muchhalof Madhya Pradesh defeated Chandril Manna of West Bengal 15-9 15-10.

Muthuraj Aswin Lenin of Tamil Nadu faced a tough resistance from Haryana’s Krishna Gupta before logging a 15-8 14-16 17-15 victory, while Kerala’s Aryan Pradeep Kumar defeated Haryana’s Yash Nandal 15-11 15-9. Atharav Sharma also marched into the next round by defeating Aarav Pandey 15-10 15-11, Yashwant Salokhe defeated Delhi’s Aditya 15-5 15-8 and Sanjay P of Tamil Nadu ousted Haryana’s Karttikeya Vaswani 15-3 15-3.

Meanwhile, in the second qualifying round of the mixed doubles U-19 event, the pair of Divyansh Agrawal and Vanshika Thakur defeated Sahaj Saharan and Yashika Saharan 15-7 15-5. Aksh Singh and Sphoorty Ramagouni recorded 15-5 15-10 win over Pfoki Liruna and Chirom Bellarix Devi, while Sai Siddharth Rayaprolu and Suhasi Verma outplayed Mohamed Nafeez Raffi and Nakshatraa Jairaj 15-13 15-9.

Sonu Meena and Anupama Sharma easily blanked Bhavishay Ahlawat and Aradhya Jakhar 15-12 11-15 15-13, while Manish S Reddy and Keerthy Manchala posted a 15-8 15-9 win over Jai Vardhan Chopra and Nishu Malik. Shahid Ibrahim Peer Ahamed Buhari and Dheeshitha Singha Gopinath Singh outplayed Pardhu Bathina and Geethika Velpuri 15-10 18-16, while Nilesh Seth and Seeza defeated Anirudh Kaushik and Ruchi Chahal 15-12 15-9.

In the girls’ qualification second round, top seed Maharashtra’s Nishika Gokhe defeated Haryana’s Manasvi Rana 16-14 15-13, while Vaishnavi Katam Reddy defeated Haryana’s Avni 15-4 15-10. Neetee Barak also moved into the next round by recording a comeback 9-15 15-11 15-9 win over Jyoshika Enjam, and Nidhi Atmaram defeated Delhi’s Sneha Maurya 15-12 15-9.

Maharashtra’s Dhriti Joshi also logged a stunning identical 7-15 15-12 15-10 win over Neha Krupesh, while Pranavi Sakthivel defeated Avni Makhloga of Uttarakhand 15-2 15-3. Aaditya Yadav of Uttar Pradesh defeated Chandana Gurram of Telangana 15-5 15-13, and Haasana Sree Mallavarapu defeated Taanisha Chaurasia of Gujarat 15-11 15-7.

Evanna Tyagi blanked Manipur’s Konsam Gunjan Devi 15-6 15-9, and Gagana Sri Chowdary Kolapaneni of Andhra Pradesh posted a 15-9 15-9 win over Ashnoor Kaur. Lalrinkimi of Mizoram posted a 15-10 15-11 win over Aarabi Vijayakumar of Madhya Pradesh. Haryana’s Bhavna Chahal defeated Maharashtra’s Shreya Chaudhari 15-13 15-10. Another Haryana shuttler, Jivika Sohlot easily defeated Pratibha Ranga 15-8 15-7 and Lavanya Karki of Uttarakhand posted a 15-4 15-7 win over Kerala’s Lamin Fathima Parambadi.

Shourya Madavi easily defeated Geetashree Dey 15-5 15-9, followed by another one-sided 15-3 15-6 win registered by Devanshi Dalal over Delhi’s Lakshita Sati. Agrima Singh of Uttar Pradesh faced some resistance from Hasini Pandiarajan of Telangana, before registering a 15-9 14-16 15-11 victory.

Chandigarh