Jaipur: Talented Rajasthan shuttlers Anand Maderana, Vayam Lamba, Nehal Sisodiya, Ritika Jhamnani, Lakshita Bhardwaj, Padmaja Singh and Anshuman Choudhary won their respective opening round ties to enter the second round of the Yonex-Sunrise All India Sub-Junior (U-15 & U-17) Ranking Badminton tournament at the Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium here on Tuesday.In the mixed doubles, the local pair of Shreyansh Choudhary-Padmaja Singh and Vayam Lamba-Lakshita Bhardwaj also managed to cross the first round as the main draw fixtures got underway on Day 6 of the nine-day long tourney. Rajasthan’s pair of Yashvita Mewada and Khushi Sharma had to sweat it out to clear the first round.In the U-15 girls’ doubles, the pair of Yashvita and Khushi Sharma from Rajasthan edged past Anvi Reddy Gade and Keha Kasoroja 15-13, 13-15, 15-09.Anand swept aside Advit Sattu of Telangana 15-13, 15-12, while Vayam dismissed Vedantam of Tamil Nadu 15-12, 15-10 in the U-15 boys’ singles.
Talented Rajasthan shuttlers Anand Maderana, Vayam Lamba, Nehal Sisodiya, Ritika Jhamnani, Lakshita Bhardwaj, Padmaja Singh and Anshuman Choudhary win their respective opening round ties at the Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium on Tuesday
In the U-17 girls’ singles, Nehal rallied back splendidly to beat Vidhi Saini of Maharashtra 12-15, 15-13, 15-11 after losing the first game, Ritika also had to dig deep to quell the spirited challenge from Hamsini Mane of Telangana 15-6, 10-15, 15-6.In the U-15 girls singles, Lakshita outclassed Punjab’s Anika 15-9, 10-15, 15-5, while Padmaja prevailed over Telangana’s Kailash Moksari 15-10, 15-8.Ninth seed In the Under-17 boys category, Anshuman had to stretch himself to overcome Satwik Prabhu of Karnataka 15-13, 15-9 in the U-17 boys singles.In the U-15 mixed doubles, the pair of Vayam Lamba and Lakshita Bhardwaj defeated S Ganavaroop and P Lingla of Madhya Pradesh 15-11, 15-12, while Shreyansh Choudhary-Padmaja Singh registered a come-from-behind win over Khush Dixit and Dhruvi of Maharashtra 15-17, 15-11, 15-12.
Rajasthan shuttlers Anand Maderana, Vayam Lamba, Nehal Sisodiya, Ritika Jhamnani, Lakshita Bhardwaj, Padmaja Singh and Anshuman Choudhary win their respective opening round ties at the Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium on Tuesday
Meanwhile, fifth seed Gautam S Nair of Karnataka, ninth seed Nimisha Ojha, fifth seed Jaya Sapta Shri and 10th seed Niharika A, ninth seed Anya Proddatur and 8th seeded Khyati became victims of upsets.Maharashtra’s Sairaj Nayse bowed out in the first round of the main draw. In the U-17 boys singles, Gujarat’s Parth Puri downed qualifier Sairaj 15-10, 15-11 in 25 minutes.Later in the doubles, seventh seeds Harman Pandit and Kandarp Sharma of Rajasthan defeated pair of Sairaj-L Luwangamba (Manipur) 15-11, 15-10.
