Deepinder, Devesh oust top seeds
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 9
Deepinder Bawa and Devesh Verma stunned top seeds Abhinav Thakur and Ankit Soni in straight sets to book their berth in the semifinals of the U-13 boys’ doubles category in the North Zone Badminton Open Tournament at PU Gymnasium Hall here today.
Bawa and Verma registered a 21-10 21-6 win. In other matches of the same category, Mayank and Shiven beat Birinder Wring and Hriday 21-17 21-19, Kartik Gaur and Sanskar beat Sameerveer and Siddharth 21-14 21-17 and second seeds Deva and Kanishk beat Achintya and Balkaran Veer Singh 21-11 21-6.
In the quarterfinals of U-17 boys’ singles category, fifth seed Suraj beat Shaurya Mahajan 21-7 21-5 and Shubham defeated Harshil Pareek 21-14 21-15.
Second seed Shaurya Madaan beat Gitesh Kumar 21-11 23-21 21-9 and Arjun Rehani defeated Sachin Joshi 21-13 21-17.
In the U-17 girls’ event, Nikita defeated Romil 21-13 21-9 and Garima Singh defeated Prerna Dawar 21-10 21-17.
Meanwhile, in U-13 girls’ category, Ridhima Thapa easily overpowered Anika 21-14 21-10, Devika Sihag beat Arunima Pal 21-15 25-23 and Ridhi Kaur blanked Mahnoor Kaur.
Results
Boys (U-11) Devang Tomar bt Anubhav Jain 21-13 21-11, Mayank bt Kartik Gaur 21-5 21-9, Sanskar Saraswat bt Sarwar Rathee 21-19 21-13, Akul Malik bt Dhruv Dutta 21-12 21-13
Girls (U-11) Saadia Sheikh bt Jiya 22-20 20-9, Anika bt Agamya Rishi 21-17 21-6, Simran bt Khushi 21-11 16-21 21-17, Shagunpreet Kaur bt Liza Taank 21-11 21-10
Girls (U-15) Simranjit Kaur bt Bharti 21-14 21-9, Prerna Dawar bt Rashi Surana 21-3 21-13, Vrinda bt Mili Verma 21-17 21-19
Boys (U-17) Suraj bt Shaurya Mahajan 21-7 21-5, Shubham bt Harshil Pareek 21-14 21-15, Shaurya Madaan bt Gitesh Kumar 21-11 21-23 21-9, Arjun Rehani bt Sachin Joshi 21-13 21-17
Boys (U-13) Abhinav Thakur bt Siddharth 21-11 21-12, Arjun Perkash bt Shiv Kumar 21-13 21-16, Dev bt Shiven 24-22 21-16, Kanishk bt Hriday Budhiraja 21-11 21-11
Girls (U-17) Nikita bt Romil 21-13 21-9, Garima Singh bt Prerna Dawar 21-10 21-17
Girls (U-13) Ridhima Thapa bt Anika 21-14 21-10, Devika Sihag bt Arunima Pal 21-15 25-23, Ridhi Kaur bt Mahnoor Kaur 21-11 21-8, Mili Verma bt Nikita Jain 21-15 21-7
Boys doubles (U-13) Deepinder Bawa/Devesh Verma bt Abhinav Thakur/Ankit Soni 21-10 21-6, Mayank/Shiven bt Birinder Wring/Hriday 21-17 21-19, Kartik Gaur/Sanskar bt Sameerveer/Siddharth[4] 21-14 21-17, Dev/Kanishk bt Achintya/Balkaran Veer Singh 21-11 21-6
Girls doubles (U-13) Mili/Ridhima bt Aashna Jagdev/Shagunpreet 21-13 21-2, Agrima Rishi/Arunima Pal bt Chaahat Taank/Liza Taank 21-15 21-8, Muskan/Nandini Surana bt Sant/Surinder Kaur 21-19 22-20, Devika/Ridhi Kaur bt Riyal/Sujeet 21-6 21-3
Boys doubles (U-17) Anushrav/Devesh Mittal bt Anoopdeep/Rajendra 21-9 21-10, Kartik /Shivam bt Nikhil/Shaurya Mahajan 21-15 21-16.
