Bhosale, Salunke, Raja upset seeds at Yonex-Sunrise V.V. Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament 2026

Pune, 9th June 2026: State player Sara Salunke, Maharashtra’s Shreya Bhosale, and Harini Raja of Tamil Nadu registered notable upsets in the women’s fourth qualifying round of the prestigious Yonex-Sunrise V.V. Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament 2026 (Men & Women), being organised by the Pune District Metropolitan Badminton Association under the aegis of the Badminton Association of India and the Maharashtra Badminton Association at Vedant Sports Academy, Tathawade.

Maharashtra’s Shreya Bhosale stunned 16th seed Chitwan Khatri of Haryana with a dominant 15-5, 15-4 victory, while fellow state player Sara Salunke upset 31st seed Mahi Pawar of Madhya Pradesh 15-9, 12-15, 15-12 to advance to the next round.

Harini Raja of Tamil Nadu also caused an upset, defeating 11th seed Aradhyaa Kushwaha of Uttar Pradesh 15-12, 15-11.

Results

Men’s Singles – Fourth Qualifying Round

Pranauv Ram N. (Telangana) bt Khanna Ojas (Uttar Pradesh) 15-7, 15-2

Saitluangpuia Sailo (Mizoram) [18] bt Subudh Sethi (Karnataka) 15-13, 15-11

Neeraj Nair P.S. (Tamil Nadu) bt Vaibhav Jadhav (Delhi) 15-13, 12-15, 15-13

Aakash Yadav (Delhi) bt Mayukh D.B. (Karnataka) 18-16, 9-15, 15-11

Hardik Divyansh (Karnataka) bt Venkata Sai Harshit Tummala (Telangana)
15-11, 7-15, 15-12

Sai Rishwanth Lade (Telangana) bt Gaurav Parmar (CAG) 16-14, 15-13

Srikanth Sundara Srinivasan (Tamil Nadu) bt Vinay Patil (Maharashtra)
15-11, 15-10

Kavin Thangam (Tamil Nadu) [14] bt Sachet Tripathy (Maharashtra) 7-15,
15-11, 15-6

Rudra Shahi (Karnataka) bt Tamil Arasan V. (Tamil Nadu) 15-10, 15-4

Aroma Zahid (Uttarakhand) [20] bt Kanak Singhal (Delhi) 15-9, 15-11

Aashi Das (Karnataka) [24] bt Nalin Kishor (Uttar Pradesh) 15-4, 15-3

Women’s Singles – Fourth Qualifying Round

Harini Raja (Tamil Nadu) bt Aradhyaa Kushwaha [11] (Uttar Pradesh) 15-12, 15-11

Ishika Poddar (Chhattisgarh) bt Arshia Jain (Delhi) 10-15, 15-9, 15-3

Sara Salunke (Maharashtra) bt Mahi Pawar [31] (Madhya Pradesh) 15-9,
12-15, 15-12

Shruti Madhav Phanse (Maharashtra) bt Ruchishya Reddy Dara (Telangana)
15-12, 14-16, 15-11

Shreya Bhosale (Maharashtra) bt Chitwan Khatri [16] (Haryana) 15-5, 15-4

Bhakti Patil (Maharashtra) bt Janani Suresh Kumar (Tamil Nadu) 15-10, 15-9

Urdhvina Khadse (Gujarat) bt Yavarna Syamalarao Himabindu
(Chhattisgarh) 15-13, 15-13

Anandita Tamra (Rajasthan) bt Raissa Bhanot (Chandigarh) 15-5, 15-11

Diksha S.R. (Tamil Nadu) bt Navya Ranka (Maharashtra) 15-4, 15-4

Siya Bang (Maharashtra) bt Sruthika Senthil (Tamil Nadu) 15-10, 15-12

Dakshayni Patil (Maharashtra) bt Suzen Burhagohain (Assam) 15-7, 15-10

Harshika Amarti (Andhra Pradesh) bt Saanvi Dakhane (Maharashtra) 15-4, 15-6

Akshita [28] (Uttarakhand) bt Tanika Mohan (Karnataka) 15-8, 15-9

Ketaki Thite (Maharashtra) bt Gauri Vashishtha (Madhya Pradesh) 15-6, 15-10

Tanisha Singh [8] (Rajasthan) bt Simran Gilhotra (Punjab) 15-6, 15-10