Alap, Unnati out

Madhya Pradesh’s Alap Mishra, the boys’ top seed, and girls’ second seed Unnati Bisht of Uttarakhand crashed out of the Yonex-Sunrise all-India junior ranking badminton tournament at the Rajiv Gandhi indoor stadium here on Thursday.

Telangana’s Pranav Rao Gandham upset Alap 21-18, 21-17 in the second round, while Karnataka’s Drithi Yatheesh packed off Unnati 21-19, 21-9 in the girls’ pre-quarterfinals.

The results (under-19, pre-quarterfinals): Boys: Pranav Rao Gandham (TS) bt Siddhartha Mishra (UP) 22-20, 13-21, 23-21; Aakash Yadav (Del) bt Tukum Laa (ANP) 21-17, 21-18; D. Jaswanth (AP) bt K. Sathish Kumar (TN) 21-17, 22-20; Maisnam Meiraba (Mnp) bt Iman Sonowal (Asm) 21-4, 15-7 (retd); Sankar Muthusamy (TN) bt Rohan Thool (Mah) 21-12, 17-21, 21-14; Abhyansh Singh (UP) bt Jaiditya Pratap Singh (Chg) 21-19, 14-21, 21-12; Tejas Kallolkar (Kar) bt D. Sarath (AP) 22-20, 22-20; Siddhanth Gupta (TN) bt Dhruv Rawat (Utr) 21-11, 17-21, 25-23.

Girls: Malvika Bansod (Mah) bt Mrunmayee Deshpande (Mah) 21-9, 23-21; Uthsava Palit (WB) bt Akshaya Arumugam (TN) 21-10, 11-21, 21-14; Amolika Singh (UP) bt Smit Toshniwal (Mah) 15-21, 21-12, 21-19; Gayatri Gopichand (TS) bt Deyashi Kanjibillya (Jar) 21-17, 21-14; M. Nivetha (TN) bt Adya Parashar (Del) 14-21, 21-19, 21-18; K. Ashwini Bhat (Kar) bt Treesa Jolly (Ker) 25-23, 21-13; Mansi Singh (UP) bt A. Abhilasha (TS) 15-21, 21-15, 21-19; Drithi Yatheesh (Kar) bt Unnati Bisht (Utr) 21-19, 21-9.

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