Ruthvika upsets Reshma
MUMBAI: Hyderabad’s tenth seed Ruthvika Shivani G shocked Air India’s top seed Reshma Karthik in the semi-finals of the girls under-19 singles at the 3rd Gautam Thakkar Memorial All India Junior Badminton Tournament here on Saturday.
The 16-year-old Gopichand Academy trainee was dominant from the start and in total control against the no. 1 seed and entered the final following a comprehensive 21-6 21-5 victory at the Bombay Gymkhana courts.
With her opponent Reshma not her best and unable to find her touch, the 12th standard student from Hyderabad was on a roll winning points comfortably.
She will meet fourth seed Shika Gautam of Karnataka in the final tomorrow. The latter got the better of Maharashtra’s second seed Revati Devasthale 21-18 10-21 21-17 in the other semi final.
The girls under-17 singles semi-finals witnessed one-sided contests.
Air India’s top seed Shriyanshi Pardeshi sidelined sixth seed Sai Uttejitha Rao of Andhra Pradesh 21-12 21-10, while third seed Vrushali G of AP got the better of second seed Shikha Gautam of Karnataka 21-11 21-6.
In boys under-17 singles action, Andhra Pradesh’s third seed Rahul Yadav was taken the distance before getting the better of fifth seed Siril Varma 21-16 5-21 21-16.
Second seed Kanishq M, also from AP, had things under control while packing off fourth seed Kaustubh Rawat of Uttarakhand 21-13 21-10. RESULTS Girls U17 singles (quarterfinals): 1-Shriyanshi Pardeshi (AI) bt 5-Kanika Kanwal (Dli) 21-12 18-21 21-18; 6-Sai Uttejitha Rao Ch (AP) bt 4-Mahima Aggarwal (Ktk) 21-12 21-19; 3-Vrushali G (AP) bt 8-Bhavya Rishi (Dli) 21-7 18-21 21-18; 2-Shikha Gautam (Ktk) bt Vaishnavi K (AP) 21-17 21-17.
Girls U19 singles (quarterfinals):: 1-Reshma Karthik (AI) bt Vaishnavi Iyer (Mah) 21-17 21-8; Ruthvika Shivani G (AP) bt Vrushali G (AP) 21-14 (retd); 4-Shikha Gautam (Ktk) bt Malavika J K (Ker) 21-18 22-20; 2-Revati Devasthale (Mah) bt 7-Kuhoo Garg (Utr) 21-9 21-9.
Boys U17 singles (quarterfinals): 5Siril Varma (AP) bt 1-Chirag Sen (AI) 21-15 21-12; 3-Rahul Yadav (AP) bt Rahul Bhardhvaj (Ktk) 21-17 21-12; 4-Kaustubh Rawat (Utr) bt Deep Rambhiya (Mah) 21-13 21-17; 2-Kanishq M (AP) bt 6-Mithun M (Ktk) 21-18 21-15.
Boy’s U19 singles (quarterfi
nals): 1-Kaushal Dharmamer (Mah) bt 6-Harshit Aggarwal (Ktk) 21-15 23-21; 3-Rahul Yadav (AP) bt Vansh Singh (Mah) 21-9 21-9; 4-Siril Varma (AP) bt 8-Chirag Sen (AI) 21-14 21-7; 5-Daniel Farid (Ktk) bt 2-Talar Laa (ANP) 21-18 21-15.