Chandigarh, Jan 8 : Top seed Devang Tomar of Delhi advanced into the boys under-15 singles quarter-final without hitting even a single bird as his rival Parth Deore of Maharashtra gave a walkover in the pre-quarter-final of the 1st Ashwani Gupta Memorial All India Sub Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament-2022.
Tomar will now play Shaurya Agarwal of Uttarakhand who fought back after losing the first set to beat spirited Jayanth C.B. of Tamil Nadu 16-21 21-19 24-22 in 53 minutes at Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex.
Showrya Kiran J. of Telangana toiled hard to get the better of Abhinav Garg of Karnataka 18-21 21-16 21-14. Kiran will now face Prateek Koundilya of Karnataka. Prateek defeated Ritom Howbora of Assam by 22-20 21-18 in pre-quarter-final.
Down by a set, Aparna Sajeev P of Kerala hit back with vengeance to terminate the winning march of Drishti Waldia from Delhi 11-21 21-14 21-18. The pre-quarter-final girls under-15 singles match lasted 41 minutes.
Aparna Sajeev P will now play Vennala K. of Telangana who got a walkover against Gayatri Rawat of Uttrakhand.
Medhavi Nagar of Haryana took 30 minutes to move into the quarter-final after beating Fariha Sabba Meraj of Assam by 21-14 21-10. Nagar’s opponent in the quarter-final will be Durga Isha Kandrapu of Andhra Pradesh who accounted for Maya Balamurugan of Maharashtra 21-18 21-16.
Results:
Boys U-15 singles (pre QFs): Shaurya Agarwal (UTR) bt Jayanth C.B. (TN) 16-21 21-19 24-22 , Suryaksh Rawat (UTR) bt Avadh Billore (MP) 21-12 21-9 , Prateek Koundilya (KTK) bt Ritom Howbora (ASM) 22-20 21-18 , Vansh Dev (Dli) bt Mohmmad Ali Mir (Guj) 21-12 21-19, Showrya Kiran J. (TS) bt Abhinav Garg 18-21 21-16 21-14 , Anish Danei Thoppani (AP) bt Gnana Dattu T.T. (TS) 21-18 21-15, 1-Devang Tomar (Dli) w/o Parth Deore (Mah), Nidhish More (Mah) w/o Parth Lohakare (Mah).
Girls U-15 singles (pre-QFs): Anwesha Gowda (Dli) bt Suhasi Verma (Raj) 21-10 21-17, Aparna Sajeev P. (Ker) bt Drishti Waldia (Dli) 11-21 21-14 21-18, Medhavi Nagar (Har) bt Fariha Sabba Meraj (Asm) 21-14 21-10, Durga Isha Kandrapu (AP) bt Maya Balamurugan (Mah)21-18 21-16 , Evanna Tyagi (Har) bt Garima Kundu (Har) 21-11 21-11, Tanvi Reddy Andluri (TS) bt Lavanya Karki (UTR) 21-11 21-13, Vennala K. (TS) w/o Gayatri Rawat (UTR), Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye (Mah) bt Deepshika Neredimelli (TS) 21-17 21-12.(UNI)