Sirat marches into next round of badminton meet at Chandigarh

Sirat Baidwan of the Sector 38 Sports Complex defeated Bhavisha 15-2 15-4 to march into the next round of the girls’ U-13 category on the second day of the 1st North Zone Cash Prize Badminton Tournament today.

Yedvika Beniwal from Gurugram posted a 15-11 15-11 win over Manasvi Sharma, and Riddhi Batra from Jaipur overpowered Anahita 15-6 15-3. Kaamil Sabharwal of Ludhiana moved ahead by winning a neck-and-neck fight against Yashmita, whereas Karnal’s Yuvika Kundu easily defeated Pavi 15-9 15-8. Anahita ousted Jaskeerat Kaur 15-7 18-16, Manmeet Kaur posted 15-2 15-4 win over Riyanshi, Hiyan Yadav outclassed Aarav S 15-1 15-2 and Nimrat Kaur Mann stunned Aarvi Saini 15-6 15-7.

Hunargeet Kaur posted a 15-7 15-4 win over Navreet Dhillon and Snehpreet Kaur easily overpowered Devanshi Dhull 15-9 15-5. Saanvi Singh recorded an easy 15-1 15-10 win over T Bella and Tejal of Himachal Pradesh defeated Prerna Adwan 15-10 15-8. Aunika Duggal won against Tanisha Singh 15-6 15-13 and Miraya Fageria defeated Nayra Sharma 15-4 16-14.

In the girls’ U-17 category, Kwaish faced a tough resistance in her match against Depti before logging a 15-4 6-15 16-14 win, and Samiksha overpowered Sanvi Rana 15-5 15-9. Garmita of Himachal Pradesh ousted Ritambhare 15-1 15-9 followed by Ojasvita Dubey registering 15-4 15-1 win over Aditi Dhiman. Jalandhar’s Ananya Sharma got the better of Navya 15-7 15-13 and Kabit Kaur Anhad routed Sukhmeet Kaur Chinna 15-12 15-4. Saanvi Sharma and Akshika Sharma played a fine game, but it was the former who logged a 15-13 16-18 15-12 win to enter the next round. In one-sided results, Chaitanya defeated Rehana 15-6 15-4, Samaira Arora ousted Kaashvi Sood 15-8 15-4, Shivali Sharma defeated Vanya Lall 15-10 15-9 and Baaruni Chopra defeated Deepika 15-6 15-8.

***Surya in next round

Surya from Himachal Pradesh logged an easy 15-5 15-12 win over Pranav Ahlawat, and Tanush Prashar defeated Aryan Makkar 15-8 15-11 in the boys’ U-15 matches for the Round of 32. Akshobh Sharma defeated Girivar 15-12 13-15 15-5 and Harshbir Singh Dhillon ousted Aarav Garg 15-6 15-12. Atharv Mahajan defeated Siddharth Mahajan 15-6 15-10 and Guranshdeep Singh posted a 15-13 159 win over Shivam. Navyaank recorded a stunning 12-15 15-12 15-11 victory over Udhav and Agamvir Singh defeated Ridev 15-4 15-4.

In the boys’ U-11 event, Akshit Sharma routed Ayaan Mahajan 15-9 15-9, while Tavish Chaudhary lost the first game 8-15 but bounced back against Tanish Dalal to record a 15-8 15-6 win. Madhav Jagga defeated Aarav Joshi 15-11 15-12 and Ryaan Singla ousted Pahulvir Singh 15-8 15-4. Rudraniket Samrat also moved ahead by defeating Jasnoor Singh 15-8 15-9 and Rakshit Singh Mehra outplayed Riaan 15-1 15-2. Aarav defeated Anav Mahajan 15-7 15-5, Akarsh Kalsi outplayed Karthik Kumar 15-8 15-13, Vansh Sharma defeated Harshit Kumar 9-15 15-6 15-6 and Vanshil Gupta recorded a 15-11 15-13 win over Jishaan Kataria.