Top seed Satinder advances in badminton

Top seed Satinder Malik defeated Prateek Mahajan 21-14 21-6 to march into the pre-quarterfinals of the men’s 35 event, during the ongoing All India Masters Ranking Badminton Tournament, at Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Sector 3.

In other matches, Kaushik Pal of West Bengal overpowered Uday Lakshman Tiruvanallur 21-8 21-11, Datul Chauhan defeated Ashok Velavalapalli 21-5 21-10, Mohsin Sumra ousted Vikrant Chawat 21-8 21-8 and Ravijot Singh outplayed Naimuddin Khan 21-11 21-14. Amith Kumar also moved into the next round by resisting a tough challenge by Saurabh Chandel 21-10 14-21 21-19. Jaswinder Singh defeated Rahul Sukhwal 21-11 21-3. Apparao S of Andhra Pradesh moved ahead by defeating Hardik Chopda 21-17 21-18 and Anand Budh Sharma ousted Pankaj Malik 21-14 21-16.

In women’s 35 pre–quarterfinals, top seed Swati Sharma blanked Monika Dhillon 21-11 21-13 and Tejasvi Pilankar defeated Sonal Maheshwari 21-8 21-13. Sonal Jagdale also moved ahead by defeating Juvena Agnes Gomes 21-12 21-2 and Haryana’s Manju defeated Monika Khalotiya 21-9 21-14. Neetu Suthar also marched into the quarterfinals by defeating Dhanya Ramesh 21-15 21-6. In the men’s doubles 35 event, the team of Bennet Antony and Manjush Mohan KK moved into pre-quarters by defeating Subramanian S and Yuvaraj 25-23 19-21 21-17. Deepak Malik and Pankaj Malik logged a 21-7 21-10 win over Shibu G and Murasoli M Munusamy, while Anuj Dhand and Gurjot Singh defeated Vikram Singh Chouhan and Shibu Mehta 21-16 21-17. Romit Dodeja and Mohsin Sumra also moved ahead by reordering a comeback 17-21 21-18 21-15 win over Vipul Bindal and Pratik Gujarathi, and the team of Prem Singh Chouhan and Kaushik Pal defeated Amith Kumar and Anirudh Shurpali 21-12 21-10.

In the women’s doubles pre-quarterfinals of the same age group, the pair of Pallavi Aggarwal and Varada Dixit beat Rachana Jayasankar and Sumi Nadarajan 21-7 21-3, while Monika and Anusha S defeated Juvena Agnes Gomes and Gitanjali Saikia 21-12 21-14. Tejasvi Pilankar and Shweta Samir Thakur defeated Pooja Negi and Anuradha Pal 21-17 21-16 and Noopur and Sonal ousted Indu Saraswat and Neetu Suthar 21-7 21-14.