Nimanpreet overpowers Shagun’s challenge

Chandigarh, July 14

Nimanpreet Kaur defeated Shagunpreet in a 55-minute long match of the girls’ U-19 category on the opening day of the 1st Chandigarh State Ranking Tournament, organised by the Chandigarh Badminton Association, at the Sector 38 (West) Sports Complex here today.

Nimanpreet registered a come-from-behind 19-21 21-17 21-11 victory over Shagunpreet to move ahead in the championship.

Meanwhile, in the third round matches of the girls’ U-17 category, Ananya Yadav eased past Jasmeet Kaur 21-19 21-17, while Tanya Sharma beat Harshita Thakur 21-15 21-15. Mannat Saini, a trainee of the Sector 38 Sports Complex, also advanced by defeating Khushi Godara 18-21 21-9 21-14 in yet another tight affair.

Shagunpreet defeated Srishti Madaan 21-9 21-5, while Kanishka was awarded a walk-over against Anugeet Kaur. Samreen Kaur Sandhu also logged a 21-3 21-2 win against Simarpreet Kaur and Mili Verma blanked Tanisha Giri 21-15 21-6. In the last two matches, Nimar Kaur Virk ousted Tejasvin Kaur 21-7 21-6 and Charmie blanked Sonakshi Verma 16-21 21-10 21-11.

Rakshita logs east win 

Top seed Rakshita Pahwa won an easy match against Divija Diwan 21-5 21-3 in the girls' U-13 category. Aashtha Sharma also won her third round match against Yashasvi Bhat 21-13 21-17, while Jaskamal Kaur blanked Anika Sharma 21-6 21-9. Amulya Adhikari logged an easy 21-14 21-17 victory against Tanishka Nandal, while Nivedita Singh blanked Navdeep Kaur 21-19 21-19.  

In other easy outings, Pratibha defeated Glory Katoch 21-4 21-8, Raissa Bhannot blanked Ridhima Pokhriyal 21-3 21-7, Kirti ousted Wariska Gargi 21-19 21-10 and Khushi Arora defeated Rajatpreet Kaur 21-15 21-16. 

Second seed Gurmannat Kaur Sandhu won an easy match against Navya Walia 21-8 21-6 and Samarveer defeated Harshdeep Singh 21-2 21-1. Ojasvi Dhaneshwar also won her match against Bhavneet Kaur 21-19 21-7 and Avishi Sood beat Beswa Nandini Panda 21-4 21-6.

In the girls’ U-15, Aashna defeated Ojaswitha Patange 21-8 21-3 and Kritika blanked Lakshita Markanday 21-10 21-10. Prachi Joshi registered a comeback win against Khwahish Mannotra 15-21 21-18 21-19, while Manasvi Bakshi easily outplayed 21-5 21-2. Kanishka Kalia also won her match against Charmie 21-14 21-4 and Neharika Singh blanked Devanshi 21-7 21-14. 

Vrinda Rana won her U-17 opening match against Dhruvi 21-8 21-5. Naina Trehan also kept her calm and defeatedRidhamKhadka 21-9 21-12, while Tisha Giri defeated Kritika 21-12 21-12. Prachi Joshi meanwhile defeated Vedanti Sinha 21-4 21-6 and Jasmine Rawat blanked Raizel Bhannot 21-9 21-7. Aashna reregistered a 21-4 21-7 win against Jannat. —TNS  

RESULTS

Girls' U-13  

Ridhima Saini bt Ashvi Bhardwaj 21-19 21-16, Mahika Thakur bt Aakriti 21-7 21-8, Kashvi Sood bt Manisha 21-17 21-8, Avishi Sood bt Aayushi 21-4 21-4, Ridhima Saini bt Seerat Kaur 21-3 21-4, Mahika Thakur bt Jasleen Kaur 21-14 21-16, Kashvi Sood bt Pari 21-16 18-21 21-16

Girls' U-15  

Rakshita Pahwa bt Daman Kaur 21-9 21-8, Jasmeet Kaur bt Charu 21-8 21-12, Atulya bt Monika Singh Dherdi 21-3 21-3, Samreen Kaur Sandhu bt Anugeet Kaur 21-5 21-3, Mihika Thakur bt Navya 19-21 21-10 21-7, Aishani Sood bt Seerat 21-6 21-9, Shagunpreet bt Sidhi 21-8 21-3, Tanvi Gupta bt Seharpreet Bedi 21-12 21-18, Nimar Kaur Virk bt Raissa Bhannot 21-7 21-8, Gurmannat Kaur Sandhu bt N Ananya Devi 21-16 21-13, Nimar Kaur Virk bt Yashvi 21-4 21-3, Tanvi Gupta bt Swanchal Gautam 21-3 21-5

Boys' U-15 

Shivansh Kaushik bt Shriyukt Ishan 21-15 21-15, Abhiroop Sarkar bt Aabhav Goyal 7-21 21-8 21-16, Ashmit Singh bt Chandranshu 21-8 21-10, Raghav Malhotra bt Himanshu Kumar 21-7 21-4, Ojasvi Dhaneshwar bt Hasini T K C 21-7 21-7, Aryaman Dhull bt Pranit Rai 21-12 21-5, Aditya Gautam bt Manjot Singh 18-21 21-14 22-20, Sarthak Madaan bt Danish Chopra 21-8 21-12, Krishna Sharma bt Gurtej Singh 21-1 21-2,Akul Malik bt Hargunvir Singh Saini 21-10 21-12