Chengappa causes upset to make main draw at Yonex Sunrise VV Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament
Pune, July 10, 2024: Laksh Chengappa M.A. of Karnataka upset fifth seed K. Jagadeesh of Andhra Pradesh 15-9 14-16 15-11 to qualify for the the men’s main draw at the Yonex Sunrise VV Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament which is being organized by Poona District Metropolitan Badminton Association(PDMBA) and played at the PDMBA P.E. Society’s Modern Sports Complex, Sports Complex, Shivajinagar, PYC Hindu Gymkhana, COEP College and Lakshmi Krida Badminton Courts.
In the girls qualifying matches Delhis Stuti Agrawal toppled fifteenth seed Nazrin Farza of Kerala 10-15 15-5 15-9 , Telangana’s Prashansa Bonam upset eleventh seed Tanvi Patri 15-13 17-15 while Haryana player Ishu Malik ousted Delhi Namita Pathania ranked fourteenth 15-11 15-13;
Andhra Pradesh’s M . Tharun and Assam”s Isharani Baruah will lead seeding list in the men’s and women’s event as main draws start tomorrow
Results: Womens Singles: Third Qualifying Round:
Anushka Juyal (Utr) Bt Shreya Shelar(Mah) 13-15 15-11 16-14;
Taranjeet Kaur (Up) Bt Zainab Saeed(Del) 17-15 9-15 15-3;
Medhavi Nagar (Har)[6] Bt Panchi Puri(Guj) 15-11 15-4;
Ananya Gadgil (Mah)[23] Bt Hema Dhruthi A.(Ap) 10-15 15-9 15-10;
Stuti Agrawal (Dli) Bt Nazrin Farza(Ker)[15] 10-15 15-5 15-9;
Prashansa Bonam (Ts) Bt Tanvi Patri(Ori)[11] 15-13 17-15;
Ishu Malik (Har) Bt Namita Pathania(Del)[14] 15-11 15-13;
Mrunmayee Deshpande (Mah)[13] Bt Aradhana Padamata (Ap)15-8 15-3;
Mens Singles: Final Qualifying Round:
Pranay Shettigar (Mah)[8] Bt Manjula Naveen Rajendran(Tn) 15-6 15-12;
Surya Kiran Reddy Dundi (Ts) Bt Ravi Phani(Ap) 15-8 15-10;
Adheep Gupta (Guj) Bt Aditya Tripathi(Mah) 15-6 15-11;
Rishabh Rathod (Mp) Bt Mohit Singh(Har)15-7 6-15 15-13;
Dhruv Negi (Utr)[16] Bt Harshit Tomar(Up) 15-8 15-6;
Shubham Kumar (Dli) Bt Akul Malik(Chg) 15-12 15-11;
Kiran Kumar M. (Ts) Bt Jeet Patel(Guj) 15-8 15-10;
Laksh Chengappa M.A. (Ktk) Bt Jagadeesh K.(Ap)[5] 15-9 14-16 15-11;
Following are the main draw seeding list:
Mens Singles: 1.Tharun M.(TS), 2. Bhargav S.(KTK), 3. Saneeth D. S(KTK), 4. Varun Kapur(Mah), 5. Arya Bhivpathaki(Mah), 6. Sai Charan Koya(AP), 7. Alap Mishra(MP), 8. Kartik Jindal(Har);
Womens Singles: 1.Isharani Baruah(ASM), 2 Shruti Mundada(Mah), 3.Anmol Kharb(Har), 4. Mansi Singh(UP), 5.Adita Rao(Guj), 6.Aalisha Naik(Mah), 7.Anupama Upadhyaya(Del), 8 Navya Kanderi(AP).
