Anand, Gurpartap enter quarterfinals

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Ludhiana, August 20

Anand Tiwari of Ludhiana and Gurpartap Singh from Jalandhar overpowered their opponents to enter quarterfinals on the second day of the Punjab State Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament at Shastri Hall near Guru Nanak Stadium here today.

In men’s pre quarterfinals, Anand survived some anxious moments before coming out victorious against Akshay Sharma of Gurdaspur 21-18, 21-16, whereas Gurpartap faced a little challenge from Gagandeep Singh of Kapurthala whom he tamed 21-9, 21-11.

Besides, Sahil Kataria of Mohali, Kashish Sharma of Jalandhar, Jaswinder Singh of Amritsar, Lakhwinder Singh of Punjab State Power Corporation, Dhruv Kapila of Ludhiana, Varun Tandon of Patiala came out winners to Patiala. Similarly, in women’s section, Maulike Rajput, Dapasha, Ritu Vinayak and Paul Thakur, all of Jalandhar, Damanpreet Kaur of Mohali, Anam Chauhan of Sangrur, Prerna Dawer and Simranjit Kaur, both of Ludhiana, too, won their matches to book berths in the quarterfinals.

Second day’s results

Men singles (pre quarterfinals): Sahil Katlaria (Mohali) beat Sahil (Ropar) 21-15, 21-15; Kashish Sharma (Jalandhar) beat Guranjan Singh (Ludhiana) 21-11, 21-8; Jaswinder Singh (Amritsar) beat Sagar Sachdeva (Jalandhar) 21-15, 21-15; Lakhwinder Singh (PSPCL) beat Aditya Chopra (Jalandhar) 21-17, 21-13; Ram Lakhan (PSPCL) conceded the match to Dhruv Kapila (Ludhiana); Gurpartap Singh (Jalandhar) beat Gagandeep Singh (Kapurthala) 21-9, 21-11; Varun Tandon (Patiala) beat Ramandeep Singh (Ropar) 12-21, 24-22, 21-6 and Anand Tiwari (Ludhiana) beat Akshay Sharma (Gurdaspur) 21-18, 21-6.

Women singles (pre quarterfinals): Dapasha (Jalandhar) beat Siya Sharma (Ludhiana) 21-9, 21-8; Damanpreet Kaur (Mohali) beat Sakshi Sharma (Gurdaspur) 21-2, 21-17; Anam Chauhan (Sangrur) beat Harlivleen Kaur (Ludhiana) 21-15, 21-14; Maulike Rajput (Jalandhar) got a walkover against Nazuk Walia (Moga)

Paul Thakur (Jalandhar) got a walkover against Sanampreet Kaur (Moga); Simranjit Kaur (Ludhiana) beat Trisha Gosain (Patiala) 21-15, 21-18; Prerna Dawer (Ludhiana) beat Heena (Jalandhar) 21-16, 21-11 and Ritu Vinayak (Jalandhar) beat Sargun (Amritsar) 21-9, 21-15.

Men doubles (pre quarterfinals): Prajwal Mahajan and Shivam Sharma (Gurdaspur) got a walkover against Udhav Sehgal and Shivam Kapoor (Amritsar); Gurpartap Singh and Aditya Chopra (Jalandhar) beat Mudit Diwan and Kanav Mahajan (Amritsar) 21-16, 21-19; Vishal Ralhan and Navdeep Singh (Patiala) beat Angad Sachdeva and Amandeep Singh (Amritsar) 21-13, 21-17; Sahil Sachdeva and Sagar Sachdeva (Jalandhar) got a walkover against Deepak Nakra and Shubham Mahajan (Amritsar); Puneetinder Singh and Chanpreet Singh (Ludhiana) beat Ankush Kumar and Gagandeep Singh (Moga) 21-19, 21-12; Akshit Kumar and Bharat Duggal (Amritsar) beat Lakhwinder Singh and Md. Saleem (PSPCL) 21-17, 21-18;Sahil Katlaria (Mohali) and Kashish Sharma (Jalandhar) beat Amar Sharma and Rohit (Gurdaspur) 21-9, 21-18.