Indonesia, Oct 17: Indian shutlers Gayatri Gopichand and Lakhsya Sen registered contrasting wins in the women’s and men’s singles of the World Junior Badminton Championship here today.
Gayatri overcame Brazil’s Jaqueline Lima 15-21 21-18 21- 11, while second seed Lakshya defeated Indonesia’s Gatjra Piliang Fiqihila Cupu 21-15 21-19.
In women’s singles, Aakarshi Kashyap, seeded 8th, dumped Czech Republic’s Lucie Krpatova 21-13 21-4, while Ashmita Chaliha beat France’s Margot Lambert 21-13 19-21 21-13.
Men’s singles player, Rahul Bharadwaj trounced Russia’s Nikita Lemeshko 21-12 21-9, while Kartikey Gulshan Kumar thrashed Sri Lanka’s Ranthushka Sasindu 21-10 21-17.
In women’s doubles, Malvika Bansod and Deeksha Choudhary beat Macau’s I Kuan Ao and Xue Xin Gong 21-16 21-7, while mixed doubles pair of Arintap Das Gupta and Srishti Jupudi defeated New Zealand’s Edward Lau and Alyssa Tagle 21-13 21- 14.
Mixed doubles combo of Srikrishna Sai Kumar Podile and Rutaparna Panda also reached the next round after Georgia’s Luka Ninoshvili and Maria Khachaturyan gave a walk over. (PTI)
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