Pune, Aug 29 (PTI) Top seeded Abhishek Kanapala and Prakriti Bharath crashed out of the boys’ and girls’ singles respectively after losing in the pre-quarterfinals of the India Junior International Grand Prix Badminton tournament, here Thursday.
The 16-year-old Kanapala lost to Chinese Taipei’s Yang Chieh Dan 17-21, 21-15, 21-16.
Vennala Kalagotla, seeded 12th, got the better of Prakriti Bharath 21-12, 16-21, 21-18 in an all-Indian contest and reached the quarterfinals.
Another upset was recorded when 14th seeded Tanvi Patri crushed the fifth seed Raksha Kandasamy 21-15 21-11 to enter the last eight.
Results (pre-quarterfinals): Boys: (Q) Yang Chieh Dan (TPE) bt Abhishek Kanapala (IND) [1] 17-21 21-15 21-16; Rounak Chouhan (IND) [4] bt Numair Shaik (IND) [14] 21-4 18-21 21-14; Yan Shu Wang (TPE ) [11] bt Varghese James Koduppanapolackal (IND)19-21 21-17 21-8; (Q) Suryaksh Rawat (IND) bt Aaradhya Sharma (IND) 21-12 21-17; Denis Azzarya (INA) [2] bt Prateek Koundilya (IND) 21-14 21-15; (Q) Maharishiel Timotius Gain (INA) bt Sugi Sai Bala Singha Gopinath Singh (IND) 12-21, 21-18, 21-17; Chiang Tzu Chieh (TPE) [6] bt Vishwajeet Chaudhary (IND) [9] 21-19, 21-8; Tankara Gnana Dattu Talasila (IND) bt Laksh Chengappa Machangada Aiyappa (IND) 21-16, 16-6 retd.
Girls: Vennala Kalagotla (IND) [12] bt Prakriti Bharath (IND) [1] 21-12 16-21 21-18; Thalita Ramadhani Wiryawan (INA) [8] bt Sreshta Reddy Kannareddy (IND) [11] 21-17 21-13; Tanvi Reddy Andluri (IND) [9] bt Praanjala Nisarga (IND) 21-14 21-9; Prashansa Bonam (IND) [3] bt Karnika Srees (IND) [13] 21-18 21-11; Tanvi Patri (IND) [14] bt Raksha Kandasamy (IND) [5] 21-15 21-11; Rujula Ramu(Ind) bt Aneri Kotak (IND) 21-16 21-10. PTI DDV AT AT
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