Meghana runs riot
■ State shuttler storms into quarters; Keyura, Samiya, Bhargavi too win
Telangana shuttler M. Meghana Reddy stormed into the quarterfinals of the girls Under 13 singles at the 30th Sub-junior National badminton championships being played at Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. In the pre-quarterfinals, Meghana registered a straight games 22-20, 21-14 victory over ninth seeded Shiwangi Singh of Uttar Pradesh.
Two other local girls in the U-13 section fell by the wayside though. The promising Shreeya Chitoor lost 13-21, 9-21 to third seeded Anupama Upadhyaya of Uttarakhand in their Round of 16 match while Andhra Pradesh’s Ayesha Singh was beaten 21-14, 21-17 by second seed Tasnim Mir of Gujarat.
However, Telangana girls made progress in the U-15 singles — second seed Keyura Mopati brushed aside Tasnim Mir of Gujarat 21-10, 21-9; fifth seed Samiya Imad Farooqui defeated Muskan Rathore of Madhya Pradesh 21-14, 21-8 while K. Bhargavi beat Kosha Lele of Gujarat 21-12, 21-16.
SELECTED RESULTS
■ Girls singles U-13, pre-quarterfinals: Meghana Reddy M. (1), TS, bt Shiwangi Singh (9), UP, 22-20, 21-14; Awantika Pandey (7), UTR, bt Praveena S. (12), TN, 19-21, 21-15, 21-18; Hrissha Dube (4), MAH, bt Ishani Waldia (10), DLI, 21-15, 21-15; Vilinda Chanu Huidrom, MNP, bt Gayathri Nambiar, KER, 21-15, 21-11; Isharani Baruah, ASM, bt Ritu Shah (8), MAH, 2118, 21-15; Anupama Upadhyaya (3), UTR, bt Shreeya Chitoor (16), TS, 21-13, 21-9; Taneesha Singh (5), UP, bt Vijetha Harish (11), KTK, 23-21, 21-15; Tasnim Mir (2), GUJ, bt Ayesha Singh (14), AP, 21-14, 2117;
■ Boys singles U-15, pre-quarterfinals: Jaiditya Pratap Singh (9), CG, bt Sudhanshu Bhure, MAH, 16-21, 24-22, 2114; Gautam Walia (14), HAR, bt Harsh Rana, DLI, 21-11, 16-21, 21-14; Tukum Laa (4), ANP, bt Rithin B., TS, 14-21, 21-11, 2117; Koushik S. (7), TN, bt Siddhartha Mishra (12), UP, 16-21, 21-14, 21-19; Ishaan Bhatnagar (5), CG, bt Bhavin Karamchandani (15), GUJ, 21-9, 21-18; Bidyasagar Salam (3), MNP, bt Jayant Rana (13), HAR, 21-17, 21-16; Priyanshu Rajawat (6), MP, bt Siddhanth Gupta (10), TN, 22-20, 21-18; Rohan Gurbani (2), MAH, bt Punshiba Yengkhom, MNP, 21-16, 21-16;
■ Boys singles U-13, third round: Sankar Muthusamy S. (1), TN, bt Mohith Reddy R., AP, 21-10, 21-4; Kirto Nyorak (14), ANP, bt Aesh Goswami, J&K, 21-11, 21-15; Fazim Abduanzar, KER, bt Shivam Mehta (6), UTR, 23-21, 21-17; Sai Vishnu Pullela (9), TS, bt Jomi Singam, MNP, 21-19, 21-8; Upananda R.K. (4), MNP, bt Abhinav Thakur, PNB, 21-9, 21-8; Ayush Shetty, KTK, bt Pranay Katta (10), RAJ, 22-20, 1621, 21-16; Bharat (5), HAR, bt Kabir Varma, MP, 21-13, 25-23; Himanish Das, ASM, bt Ansh Vishal Gupta (13), UP, 21-18, 15-21, 21-12; Ayan Rashid, ASM, bt Shashaank Sai M. (15), TS, 21-16, 21-15; Pranav Sharma, UTR, bt Kanishk Sharma, MP, 218, 21-5; Uneeth Krishna B.V., TS, bt Sai Satya Sarvesh Yakala (12), PY, 21-14, 2220; Nganba Singh Konjengbam, MNP, bt Akash Singh (3), UP, 22-20, 21-18; Anshul Budhwar, HAR, bt Sataksh Singh (16), DLI, 21-18, 12-21, 21-18; Tonmoy Bikash Boruah (8), ASM, bt Mayank Sinha, BHR, 21-10, 2115; Vamsi Krishna Raj A (11), AP, bt Lakshay Sharma, PNB, 21-10, 21-11; Pranav Rao Gandham (2), TS, bt Harshit Sethi, RAJ, 21-8, 21-9;
■ Girls singles U-15, third round: Medha Shashidharan (1), KTK, bt Nihira Prakash, CG, 21-5, 21-6; Keyura Mopati (2), TS, bt Tasnim Mir, GUJ, 21-10, 21-9; Samiya Imad Farooqui (5), TS, bt Muskan Rathore, MP, 21-14, 21-8; Tanishka Deshpande (13), MAH, bt Kaivalya Lakshmi Yadavalli, TS, 21-13, 21-14; Bhargavi K. (7), TS, bt Kosha Lele, GUJ, 21-12, 21-16; Uthsava Palit (11), WB, bt Taneesha Singh, UP, 21-5, 21-7; Aditi Bhatt (3), DLI, bt Simranjit Kaur, PNB, 21-15, 21-13; Treesa Jolly, KER, bt Kriti Bharadwaj (16), KTK, 21-18, 21-19; Sneha Rajwar (10), UTR, bt Vilinda Chanu Huidrom, MNP, 21-11, 21-10; Mansi Singh, UP, bt Aashi Rawat (15), DLI, 21-15, 21-16; Saie Nandurkar, MAH, bt Ananya Praveen, KTK, 21-19, 21-18; Nikita Sharma, HAR, bt Akanksha Pandey, BHR, 21-14, 21-19; Varshini V. S. (4), TN, bt Meghana Reddy M, TS, 22-24, 21-10, 21-18; Keerthana P. Shroff (14), KTK, bt Divyanshi Joshi, UTR, 21-8, 21-18; Kavipriya S. (6), PY, bt Abhilasha A., TS, 21-7, 16-21, 21-7; Maheshwari Devi Kshetrimayum (9), MNP, bt Durva Gupta, DLI, 21-15, 21-15.