JAIPUR: Rajasthan’s pair of Advika Sharma and Sudeep Chahar entered the main draw of the ongoing National Sub-Junior (Under-15 and Under-17) Ranking Badminton tournament being played at the Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday.
The nine-day long tournament is organised by the Rajasthan Badminton Association under the auspices of Badminton Association of India.
In the mixed doubles match of Under-15 age group, promising duo of Advika Sharma and Sudeep Chahar of Bhilwara won in a tough encounter of three games. In the second round of the qualifying round, the pair of Advika and Sudeep defeated the Haryana combination of Aryan Makkar and Bhavana Chahal 15-13, 8-15, 16-14.
Manan Sharma and Lakshita Bhardwaj of Rajasthan outclassed Prithvirao and Rishika Yadav of Haryana 15-8, 15-4, Sahaj Saharan and Yashika Saharan beat Yug Dahiya and Aaradhya Jakhar of Haryana 14-16, 15-10, 16-14 and qualified to play in the main draw.
In another match, the second seeded pair of Gurtej Singh Wasir and Kavya Swami trounced Yash Dembre and Manasvi Chauhan 15-8, 15-12 and qualified to play in the main draw.
Rajasthan’s Harsh Kandpal edged past Uttar Pradesh’s Aditya Singh 10-15, 15-4, 15-12 in the Under-15 age group singles, while in the U-17 age group girls’ category, Sharyl Chaudhary pipped Haryana’s Chhavi Yadav 11-15, 15-9, 15-7, Deshna Jain defeated Ruthi of Karnataka 20-18, 15-12.
In the Under-15 boys category, Vayam Lamba dismissed Soham Tambe of Maharashtra 15-11, 15-10. In the U-17 girls’ age group, Nehal Sisodia thumped Shruti 15-5, 15-9, while Joshik Prajapati got the better of Yohana of Karnataka 15-10, 15-8.
In the boys’ U-15 age group match, Harsh Swamy accounted for Delhi’s Ayan Chawla 15-5, 15-3, Manas Parwal defeated Telangana’s Vinay 15-7, 15-13 to march ahead.
In the girls Under-17 age group, Priyanshi Saini entered the next round by squeezing past Gagana Shree Chaudhary of Andhra Pradesh 16-14, 18-20, 18-16.
In other matches, Rudraksh Kshaniya defeated Vaibhav Giri of Chandigarh 15-10, 15-13, Nehil Singh Mehra edged out Chandvik of Andhra Pradesh 15-17, 15-7, 15-13, Yash Soni beat Yug Dahiya of Haryana to enter the next round.
The Rajasthan Badminton Association secretary KK Sharma said the qualifying rounds will end on Friday, while the main draw matches will begin on November 9.
