Ojasvi fights her way into quarters

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, July 15 

Ojasvi Dhaneshwar overcame a resilient Jaskamal Kaur to seal a spot in the girls’ U-13 quarterfinals on the second day of the inaugural Chandigarh State Ranking Badminton Championship at the Sector 38 Sports Complex here on Monday. 

Ojasvi won the opening game 21-13, but lost the second 21-23. She, however, regained her composure to seal the decider 21-13 and stay alive in the competition.  

Jasmeet Kaur stormed into the quarters with a 21-12 21-11 win over Amulya Adhikari, while Avishi Sood drubbed Nivedita Singh 21-11 21-11. Ridhima Saini edged out Pratibha 21-7 21-15 in the last-16 contest.

Raissa Bhannot was awarded a walkover against Mahika Thakur. Kirti humbled Kashvi Sood 21-19 21-19 and Gurmannat Kaur Sandhu dismissed Khushi Arora 21-5 21-4.

In the only girls’ U-13 doubles quarterfinal match, Avishi Sood and Raisha Bhannot defeated Amulya Adhikari and Tanishka 21-14 21-11.

In the boys’ U-13 competition, Rehaan Phutela came from behind to upset second seed Vaibhav Giri 19-21 21-18 22-20 in the only third round match of the day. 

Uday Rana, meanwhile, downed Suryansh Raghav 21-15 21-13 to book a berth in the quarterfinals. Prabal Pratap also won his last-16 contest, beating Dakshveer Singh 21-13 21-15.

Top seed Aashna eased into the girl’s U-15 quarterfinals with a facile 21-11 21-7 win over Kritika. Prachi Joshi drubbed Avishi Sood 21-11 21-18, while Kanishka Kalia dumped Neharika Singh 21-4 21-6. 

Rakshita Pahwa moved into the quarterfinals after Nimar Kaur Virk conceded the match following an injury. Jasmeet Kaur ousted Tanvi Gupta 21-6 21-12, while Samreen Kaur Sandhu packed off Atulya 21-5 21-11 in the pre-quarters.

Shangunpreet Kaur registered a 21-13 21-13 win over Aishani Sood and Gurmannat Kaur Sandhu was awarded a walkover against Mihika Thakur.

Vrinda moves ahead

Vrinda Rana moved into the girls’ U-17 quarterfinals after defeating Tisha Giri 21-10 21-6. Naina Trehan trounced Prachi Joshi 21-10 21-11, while Jasmine Rawat thumped Seharpreet Bedi 21-10 21-7 in the pre-quarters. 

Kanishka also had an easy pre-quarterfinal outing. She downed Samreen Kaur Sandhu 23-21 21-14. Aashna Jagdev drubbed Charmie 21-16 21-12, while Tanya Sharma dispatched Ananya Yadav 23-21 21-18. 

Second seed Mili Verma eased into the quarters with a 21-4 21-11 win over Nimar Kaur Virk. Shangunpreet rallied from a game down to beat Mannat Saini 20-22 

21-11 21-5.

State ranking championship

Boys’ U-15 3rd round: Aryaman Dhull bt Anivesh Walia 21-16 17-21 22-20, Vaibhav Mehra bt Aditya Gautam 21-10 21-10, Shivansh Kaushik bt Rehaan Phutela 21-16 23-21, Ashwin Puri bt Nithin TDS 21-3 21-2, Deepinder Bawa bt Ranveer Sidhu 21-7 21-5, Atishya Saxena bt Aditya Kohli 21-4 21-11, Abhiroop Sarkar bt Ankush Vashisht 21-12 21-7, Suryansh Raghav bt Harshit Thakur 20-22 21-14 21-19, Sarthak Madaan bt Krishna Sharma 21-17 21-9, Akul Malik bt Harbir Singh Kler 21-9 21-11, Siddharth Modi bt Bhargav Gautam 21-9 21-9, Krishan Kumar Yadav bt Raghav Malhotra 21-8 21-12, Piyush Chuhan bt Priyansh Tiwari 21-17 21-12, Ishan Rehal bt Vaibhav Giri 21-16 21-13, Jayan Garg bt Aryan 21-11 21-12

Boys’ U-13 3rd round: Krishna Sharma bt Hardev Singh 21-10 21-9, Divyansh Dewali bt Paarth Parmar 21-13 21-13, Danish Chopra bt Karan Gaur 21-8 21-4, Shriyukt Ishan bt Naman Garg 21-8 21-4, Samarveer bt Dakshmeet Singh 21-8 21-10, Uday Rana bt Khushan Sharma 21-16 21-17, Suryansh Raghav bt Bhuvnesh Kumar 19-21 21-19 21-15, Aditya Gautam bt Jayant Gaur 21-15 14-21 21-16, Aryaman Dhull bt Gautam 21-7 21-10, Dakshveer Singh bt Keshav Thakur 18-21 22-20 21-19, Prabal Pratap bt Aditya Kohli 21-15 14-21 21-18, Archit Thakur bt Vishwas Jangra 21-5 21-8, Mukul Huda bt Tejas Singh 13-21 21-16 28-26, Divanshu Kumar bt Vansh Juneja 24-26 21-15 21-16, Dakshmeet Singh bt Gurjaap Singh 21-4 21-0

Boys’ U-17 3rd round: Dhruv Bansal bt Arjun Parkash 21-19 21-12, Vishesh Chagti bt Vaidish Sharma 21-2 21-5, Swapnil Rawat bt Ashmit Singh 21-9 21-5, Shivam Singla bt Balkaranvir Singh 21-11 21-16, Harshit Gupta bt Yatharth 16-21 21-18 21-12, Sarthak Garg bt Abhiroop Sarkar 21-11 21-9, Sarthak Madaan bt Nishant Choudhary 21-11 21-6, Hasil Tiwari bt Shivam 21-8 21-8, Anhad Singh Pabla bt Willbing 21-10 21-13, Siddharth Modi bt Udayveer 21-10 21-16, Deepinder Bawa bt Akul Malik 21-17 21-16, Samarveer bt Dhruv 21-4 21-4, Vaibhav Mehra bt Udit 21-11 21-12, Prabhjot Singh bt Aditya Bhardwaj 21-2 21-7, Bhargav Gautam bt Kashish Choudhary 21-11 21-11, Gurbaksh Saini bt Piyush Chuhan 21-7 21-15

Men’s doubles 3rd round: Abhijot Mittal/Devesh Mittal bt Amit Sondhi/Nitin Kumar 21-9 21-11

Women’s quarters: Ishita bt Seema Panchal 21-17 21-11, Rashi Vashisht bt Daman Rajkumar 21-9 21-7, Garima bt Muskan 21-9 21-7

Girls’ U-15 doubles quarters: Nimar Kaur Virk/Samreen Sandhu bt Khwahish Mannotra/Tanvi Gupta 21-7 21-9