Gautam blanks Shikhar in Rd 3

Chandigarh, November 14  

Gautam Arora blanked Shikhar Verma 15-13 15-10 in the boys’ U-19 second round qualifiers at the 26th Krishna Khaitan Memorial All-India Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament, here today. 

Yash Raikwar of Madhya Pradesh overwhelmed Pushaan Leo Paul 17-15 15-9, while Ajay Dhankhar of Haryana registered a 16-14 21-19 win over 

Utar Pardesh's Devesh Raghav Narayan. 

Mukul Kharb of Delhi defeated Divesh from Haryana 15-10 15-7, while Rahoul Kanne of Maharashtra got the better of Madhya Pradesh's Dhruv Chandani 15-11 15-9. Akash Singh of Uttar Pradesh defeated Haryana's Tarun 15-10 15-13. 

In the girl's U-17 qualifiers, Neha Shrikhande of Maharashtra overcame Haryana's Tanvi Thakur 13-15 15-6 15-11 in the third round. 

Uttarkhand's Divyanshi Sharma moved ahead with a 15-10 15-7 win over UP's Anusha Singh, while Deepshikha Singh of Delhi humbled Maharashtra's Saee Kale 15-4 15-5.  — TNS

Results 

Girls’ U-17: Riya Kunjir bt Divya 15-8 16-14, Janhavi Kanitkar bt Balashri K 15-9 15-7, Anupama Upadhyaya bt Meghana Sagiraju 15-3 15-5, Mounika R bt Roshini Gayathri S 15-10 15-6, Vibhuti Sharma bt Ritika Paliath 15-8 15-8, Himanshi Rawat bt Krishnika Birok 15-10 18-16 

Boys' U-19: Anay Shirpurkar bt Manav Choudhary 16-14 15-12, Subhodeep Mondal bt Rachit Singhvi 15-5 15-8, Syamprasad Udayakumar bt Himanshu 15-13 16-14, Chandraj Patnaik P bt Nishad Chore 15-9 15-6, Nithin HV bt Lukesh Kumar Yadav 15-13 6-15 15-13, Sidhant Chopra bt Shivam Mishra 15-6 16-14, Arnava Singh bt Pranav Sharma 15-10 9-15 15-9, Naman Bhargava bt Kumar Yash 15-9 15-8, Shantanu Sinha bt Rajneesh Kanwar 15-8 15-9, Jaskaran Walia bt Ankit Singh 15-9 15-13, Himanshu Dabas bt Ankit Maurya 15-10 15-2, Tushar Singh Mehta bt Keerthi Sasank Ayyagari Phani 18-16 15-2