Badminton championship: Mitaksh enters quarterfinals
- | Thursday | 16th November, 2017
However, in the deciding set, Mitaksh, after surviving some anxious moments managed to overpower Karan 21-18 and wrap up the issue. In the pre-quarterfinal, Mitaksh won the first set comfortably 21-12 and waged a spirited battle in the next one before losing it narrowly 19-21 to squander away the advantage. In the mixed doubles boys’ U-19 category, Mitaksh in association with Maulika Rajpur of Jalandhar overwhelmed Ropar pair of Abhishek Khatri and Payal Rani 21-5, 21-11 to book berth in the semifinals. Our Sports CorrespondentLudhiana, November 15Today’s resultsMitaksh Gandhi from Ludhiana toiled hard to outplay Karan Arora of Moga in three sets to advance into the last eight stage in the boys’ singles (U-19) on the penultimate day of the Open Junior Punjab Badminton Championship for Boys and Girls being held at Shastri Hall, near Guru Nanak Stadium, here today. Besides, Anuj Gupta, Parth Soni and Manmohitpreet Singh from Jalandhar along with Udhav Sehgal, Manpreet Singh and Saativik Mahajan, all from Amritsar, Rhitvik Mohanty of Sangrur, too, scripted victories in their respective matches to join Mitaksh in quarterfinals.Anuj Gupta of Jalandhar beat Swaraj Pal Singh of Kapurthala 21-15, 21-16; Udhav Sehgal of Amritsar beat Manav Singla of Mansa 21-15, 21-13; Mitaksh Gandhi of Ludhiana beat Karan Arora of Moga 21-12, 19-21 and 21-18; Manpreet Singh of Amritsar beat Dhruv Vasisht of Ludhiana 21-13, 17-21 and 21-19; Parth Soni of Jalandhar beat Hardik of Amritsar 21-8, 19-21 and 21-14; Manmohit Preet Singh of Jalandhar beat Rishab Lamba of Ludhiana 21-7, 21-10 and Rhitvik Mohanty of Sangrur beat Pragun Kapoor 23-21, 18-21 and 21-8.Mitaksh Gandhi of Ludhiana and Maulika Rajput of Jalandhar beat Abhishek Khatri and Payal Rani of Ropar 21-5, 21-11; Anuj Gupta and Parul Thakur of Jalandhar beat Piyush and Seerat Boparai of Mohali 21-11, 21-11; Manpreet Singh of Amritsar and Manroop Kaur of Ludhiana beat Navneet and Neha Rani of Ludhiana 21-8, 21-12; Rhitvik Mohanty and Anmol of Sangrur beat Karan Arora and Barinder Kaur of Moga 21-9, 21-7.Rupinder Kaur and Siya Sharma of Ludhiana beat Barinder and Smile of Moga 21-4, 21-5; Savreet of Ferozepur and Khushman Bindra of Jalandhar beat Saumya and Noor of Amritsar 21-12, 21-18; Pramila and Manroop Kaur of Ludhiana beat Ria Kundra and Jasmine of Jalandhar 21-12, 21-13; Parerna Dawer and Sant Kaur of Ludhiana beat Ikkadeep and Medha of Sangrur 21-12, 16-21, 21-9.Madhav of Amritsar and Somin Wason of Jalandahr beat Akarshit of Gurdaspur and Adhyan of Amritsar 21-12, 21-13; Garv Chawla of Amritsar and Ankit Soni of Jalandhar beat Keshav and Gagandeep of Patiala 21-11, 21-16; Lakshay Sharma and Aarnam Jain of Ludhiana beat Chirag of Ludhiana and Samrath of Jalandhar 21-18, 21-19; Sehaj Bhardwaj and Saunidhya of Ludhiana beat Gokul and Hardik of Gurdaspur 21-14, 21-7.Vanshika Tandon of Patiala beat Sant Kaur of Ludhiana 21-9, 21-10; Anmol of Sangrur beat Maulika of Patiala 12-21, 21-17, 21-18; Rupinder Kaur of Ludhiana beat Ria Kundra of Jalandhar 21-10, 21-10; Parul Thakur of Jalandhar beat Surinder Kaur of Ludhiana 22-20, 21-12.Maulika Rajput and Parul Thakur of Jalandhar got walk over against Medha and Ikkadeep of Sangrur; Savreet of Ferozepur and Samanpreet of Moga beat Kashish Sharma and Namrita Kohli of Ludhiana 22-20, 21-14; Parerna Dawer and Siya Sharma of Ludhana beat Saumya and Noor A Singh of Amritsar 21-12, 21-15.
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