Hyderabad, July 4:Seedings in the ongoing All India Senior Ranking badminton tournament-2014 went awry on Friday, a day that saw some sensational reversals in both men and women pre-quarterfinals.
Being played at Film Nagar Culture Centre Courts a record of seeds tumbled, including men fourth seed Subhankar Dey from Maharashtra who was ousted by Air India’s Aditya Joshi 21-17, 21-16. Also falling by the wayside were Abhimanyu Singh (5), Aditya Prakash (6), Chetan Anand B (10) and Siddharath Thakur (16).
Although, the women fourth seed, Arundhati Pantawane, gave a walkover Vrushali G, many were eliminated, including Abhimanyu Singh (5), Saili Rane (6), Riya Pillai (9), Ruthvika Shivani G (10), Aditi Mutatkar (11) and Sri Krishna Priya K (16)
However, top seed Sourabh Varma cruised into the last eight with yet another authoritative display against local contender Nagendra T.
Results Singles Pre-quarterfinals (AP wherever not mentioned)-Men: Sourabh Varma (1 PET) bt Nagendra T 21-14, 21-7; Kanishq M bt Aditya Prakash (6 KTK) 21-14, 15-21, 23-21; Aditya Joshi (AI) bt Subhankar Dey (4 MAH) 21-17, 21-16; Sai Praneeth B (7 PET) bt Rahul Yadav C 21-13, 21-18; Siril Varma A S S bt Siddharath Thakur (16 MAH) 21-6, 21-10; Sameer Verma (3 MP) bt Chetan Anand B (10 PET) 21-14, 21-15; Kaushal Dharmamer (MAH) bt Abhimanyu Singh (5 MP) 21-19, 22-20; Prannoy H S (2 PET) bt Deepak Khatri (Rly) 21-14, 21-11;
Women: Reshma Karthik (14 AI) bt Sudha Kalyani D 21-17, 21-15; Tanvi Lad (5 AI) bt Ruthvika Shivani G (10) 10-21, 21-16, 21-18; Vrushali G bt Arundhati Pantawane (4 MAH) w/o; Mudra Dhainje (7 AI) bt Sri Krishna Priya K (16) 21-19, 24-22; Rasika Raje (12 MAH) bt Saili Rane (6 AI) 21-19, 10-21, 21-16; Rituparna Das (3) bt Aditi Mutatkar (11 PET) 21-12, 24-22; Neha Pandit (8 AAI) bt Riya Pillai (9 MAH) 21-14, 21-5; Shriyanshi Pardeshi (13 MP) bt Kanika Kanwal (DLI) 21-11, 21-11.
(UNI)
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