Rageshri, Rudrani sail into round 2

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 13  

Uttrakhand’s Rageshri Garg defeated Maharashtra’s Ankita Murgude 15-4 15-9 in the qualifying match of the girls’ U-19 category on the opening day of the 26th Krishna Khaitan Memorial All-India Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament at Panjab University here today. 

Uttar Pradesh’s Rudrani Jaiswal defeated Assam’s Parishmita Hazarika 15-4 15-4, while Medha Shashidharan of Karnataka defeated Haryana’s Asmi Ohlyan 15-9 15-6. 

In another match, Aditi Verma of Madhya Pradesh defeated Jagrati Singh Lodhi of Uttar Pradesh 15-13 15-4. In the boys’ U-19 category, Akash Singh of Uttar Pradesh defeated Delhi’s Sahaj Tyagi 15-8 15-13, while Chhattisgarh’s Anay Shirpurkar defeated Aman Thakur 15-5 15-4. Manav Choudhary from Haryana defeated Nabeel Ahmed of Maharatsra 15-10 15-9, Dharmender Chahar of Haryana defeated Chhattisgarh’s Manav Verma 15-8 15-13 and Subhodeep Mondal of West Bengal defeated Uttar Pradesh’s Harshit Singh Kushwaha 15-6 15-11. Rachit Singhvi of Rajasthan defeated Aniruddha Apte of Maharatsra 15-9 15-2 and Uttar Pradesh’s Himanshu defeated Sanyam Grover 8-15 15-10 17-15. In another tough fight, Vaibhav Yadav of Madhya Pradesh defeated Telangna’s Uneeth Krishna BV 14-16 15-7 15-11.