National Badminton Championships: Tanvi Patri Stuns Isharani Baruah, Shruti Mundada Moves Into Pre-Quarters

Shruti Mundada and rising stars Parul Choudhary and Tanvi Patri defeated higher-ranked opponents to reach the women’s singles pre-quarterfinals in the Senior National Badminton Championships on Thursday.

Shruti comfortably defeated seventh-seeded Jiya Rawat 21-14, 21-9, while Parul overcame the ninth seed 18-21, 21-18, 21-12 to advance further. Tanvi Patri ended the campaign of eighth seed Isharani Baruah with a score of 22-20, 21-19.

Additionally, top seed Unnati Hooda, second seed Anupama Upadhyaya, third seed Anmol Kharb, and world junior silver medallist Tanvi Sharma also progressed to the next round.

In men’s singles, Aryaman Tandon caused an upset by defeating third seed M Raghu 17-21, 21-11, 21-14 in the round of 32.

Abhinav Garg and Rithvik

Sanjeevi S also secured their spots in the pre-quarterfinals. Garg overcame 10th seed Abhinav Thakur 21-19, 21-16, while Rithvik defeated 13th seed Orijit Chaliha 21-15, 21-19.

In mixed doubles, Nitin Kumar and Kanika Kanwal upset sixth seeds Kevin Wong CC and Pranavi N with a score of 23-21, 21-15.

(With Inputs Form Agencies)