Anupama, Gurleen enter badminton semis

Our Sports Correspondent

Ludhiana, August 11

Anupama along with Gurleen Kaur, Gursimrat Kaur and Ramandeep Kaur won their respective matches in the girls’ singles U-19 group and qualified for the semi-finals in the ongoing Ludhiana District Badminton Championship for boys and girls (U-11, 13 and 19) being held at Shastri Hall, near Guru Nanak Stadium, here on Sunday.

In the quarterfinals, Anupama outplayed Prabhnoor Kaur 21-18, 21-12; Gurleen Kaur beat Arushi Mehta 21-10, 21-16; Gursimrat Kaur edged out Khushi Tiwari 21-5, 21-7 and Ramandeep Kaur overpowered Arya Negi 21-18, 21-17 to secure their berths in semi-finals.

Other results of the day

Boys’ singles U-19 (quarterfinals): Jasraj Singh Beat Arnav Negi 21-10, 21-17; Hargun Singh beat Varinderjit Singh 21-17, 21-11; Ishaan Sharma beat Madhav Saddi 21-17, 22-20 and Krishav Kaplesh beat Raghav Bhatia 21-12, 21-18.

Boys’ doubles U-19 (quarterfinals): Jasraj and Varinder beat Harjot and Kannaav 21-6, 21-12; Hargun and Krishav beat Nirman and Arnav 21-15, 21-16; Naman and Rajveer beat Ishaan and Arya Soi 21-19, 21-12 and Stavan Jain and Gagandeep Singh beat Jasmeh Singh and Divyansh 21-12, 21-18.

Boys’ singles U-13 (quarterfinals): Anakh Singh beat Nandesh Kapoor 21-10, 21-14; Harshbir Singh beat Sunny 21-7, 21-9; Swastik Saddi beat Aadvik Bhatia 21-14, 21-17 and Rabbibuel Anji beat Ryan Singla 21-11, 21-11.

Girls’ singles (U-13 (quarterfinals): Kamil Sabharwal beat Jagdeep Kaur 21-14, 21-2; Janvi beat Priya Goswami 21-18, 21-13; Aadhira Gupta beat Gurnaaz Kaur 21-14, 21-17 and Samaira Aggarwal beat Sifat 21-15, 21-10

Boys’ singles U-11 (quarterfinals): Rabbiguel Anji beat Devasya Gupta 21-5, 21-4; Kabir Sahni beat Sanay Bhaskar 21-15, 13-21, 21-18; Ryan Singla beat Anik Jain 21-8, 21-5 and Nandesh Kapoor beat Madhav Jagga 13-21, 21-11, 21-16.

Girls’ singles U-11 (quarterfinals): Tania Dhiman beat Navika 21-3, 21-5; Ananya Tiwari beat Nitara 21-10, 21-5; Jagdeep Kaur beat Aarna 21-19, 21-17 and Samaira Aggarwal beat Manvi 21-6, 21-11.