The number one seed, Unnati Hooda, entered the quarter-finals of the U-17 women’s singles category of the Asia U-17 and U-15 badminton junior championships in Thailand on Thursday.
Odisha Open champion Unnati defeated 14th seed Nutchavee Sittiteeranan of Thailand 21-11 21-19 in the round of 16.
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In another Women’s U-17 game, India’s Anmol Kharb was shown out by Malaysia’s Dania Sofea 17-21 21-19 13-21.
In U-15 women’s doubles, top seeds Tanvi Reddy and Durga Esha Kandrapu defeated local pair of Sunisa Lekjula and Pimchanok Sutthiviriyakul 21-18 22-20 to advance to the pre-quarter-finals.
In U-17 women’s doubles, fourth seed Navya Kanderi and Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj were stunned in the round of 16 by the Japanese pair of Akari Kamio and Nayu Shirakawa 12-21 11-21.
There was another upset in the first round of women’s doubles when unseeded Thai pair of Hathaithip Mijad and Huzwaney Momin shocked second seeds Vennala Kalagotla and Shriyanshi Valishetty of India 21-16 21-15.
In the men’s U-17 doubles, India’s fifth seeded Divyam Arora and Mayank Rana were upset by Indonesia’s Muhammad Baqir Al Hanif and Muhammad Rajendra Hugo Fausta 21-17 11-21 19-21.
The U-17 men’s doubles duo of Arsh Mohammad and sixth-seeded Sanskar Saraswat fought their way to the pre-quarter-finals, beating Indonesia’s Daniswara Mahrizal and Yeremia Dwi Andre Mukuan and 21- 12 21-10.
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