Mohitha sails into second round

Mohali, June 28

Mohitha Polavaram I of Tamil Nadu defeated Bihar’s Somya Bharti in straight games 21-19 21-14, during a girls’ U-13 match, on the opening day of the Yonex-Sunrise All-India Sub-Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament here today.

In other qualifying matches, Rajasthan’s Ritika Jhamnni logged a comeback win 20-22 21-15 21-16 over Telangana Visubha Ayyadevara and Kerala’s Hitha Maria Jose recorded a similar win over Haryana’s Devanshi Dalal 17-21 21-18 21-12. Gagana Sri Chowdary Kolapaneni of Andhra Pradesh defeated Noshi Ramaul of Himachal Parades 21-7 21-6 and Gujarat’s Diya Panikar defeated Virika Ayyadevara 21-3 21-9. In other matches, Inayat Gulati defeated Divnoor Kaur 21-9 21-4, Siona Gala defeated Ananya Nijhawan 21-9 21-10 and Haryana’s Gauri Kalla ousted Muskan Jat of Madhya Pradesh 21-17 21-6. Chandigarh’s Ridhima Saini defeated Haryana’s Ananya Saini 21-14 21-4 and Rebika Devi Mayanglambam of Manipur easily defeated Sri Devika Adishya HM 21-14 21-12. Karnataka’s Tanushree Honawad also confirmed her berth in the second qualifying round by defeating Maharashtra’s Vidhi Saini 21-9 21-8 and Gujarat’s Aashi Ranjan defeated Maharashtra’s Thea Sheth 22-20 21-16. Delhi’s Ananya Chauhan ousted Ananya Banda 21-8 21-3, Dhriti Sahasra Banda defeated Riddhi Tidke 21-10 21-8 and Maanyata Waadhwa overpowered Haryana’s Khushi Gahlawat 21-13 21-17.

Delhi’s Kritleen Kaur recorded an easy 21-17 21-11 win over Ovi Patil and Aryama Chakraborty defeated Haryana’s Naisha Verma 21-14 21-11.

Results: Alexander Alexia Elsa bt Aadya 21-3 21-3, Sneha Kumar bt Upneet Kaur 21-8 21-6, Jyoshika Enjam bt Akshita Dhankhar 6-21 21-16 21-17, Kunalika Gangarapu bt Anika Sharma 15-21 21-18 21-19, Amiya Sachdeva bt Arshia Rathee 21-15 21-12, Lakshmi Supriya Rao Pasula bt Mahi Agarwal 21-12 21-9, Bhavika Jaiswal bt Vanadhi Choudhary 21-17 21-18, Ananya bt Pari Khambra 23-21 23-21, Aaradhya Reddy Hanumaiah Gari bt Chahak Sehgal 21-9 21-13, Sulekha Kumari bt Manvi 21-6 21-10, Avni Makhloga bt Chetana Santhosh 21-17 21-19 and Saanvi Kuppireddy bt Kanishka Tyagi 21-11 12-21 21-17.