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Priyanka stops Rachita

NEW DELHI: Priyanka Chopra defeated Rachita Sahdev 19-21, 21-10, 21-11 in the women’s quarterfinals of the 3rd Pramod Mahajan memorial badminton tournament at the AIIMS Gymkhana Hall here on Friday.

The results: Women (quarterfinals): Mohita Sahdev bt Ananya Nagar 21-7, 21-4; Priyanka Chopra bt Rachita Sahdev 19-21, 21-10, 21-11; Meenakshi Nair bt Yamini Sharma 21-16, 21-17; Nidhi Tiwari bt Ruchi Chawla 21-10, 21-8. Boys: U-16 (third round): Abhilash Sharma bt Virender Yadav 21-3, 21-14; Sunny Kumar bt Tarun Madan 21-18, 16-21, 21-16; Yash Nain b Gitesh Atwal 21-10, 21-13; Gaurav Deswal bt Shikhar 21-10, 21-15; Surender Rathi bt Sayantan 21-10, 21-11; Utkarsh Arora bt Manas Sethi 21-8, 21-12. U-13 (pre-quarterfinals): Anki Chikkara bt Karan Pathania 21-3, 21-4; Tarun Madan bt Mukul Anand 21-1, 21-3; Rohan Kapoor bt Manas Sethi 21-7, 21-19; Shikhar Aggarwal bt Yash Kumar 21-12, 21-10; Utkarsh Arora bt Yohaan Abraham 21-13, 21-14; Rishabh Sahdev bt Tarun Dhillon 21-17, 21-10; Puneet Walicha bt Hitesh Taneja 21-19, 21-12; Gaurav Deswal bt Prem Ashra 21-15, 21-2. U-10 (quarterfinals): Yohaan Abraham bt Shubham Bansal 21-5, 21-2; Deepanshu Mishra bt Raghav Bansal 21-8, 21-15; Rahul Patel bt Suraj Negi 21-18, 21-10; Sidhant Chopra bt Malhar Raj 21-10, 21-6. Girls: U-19 (first round): Radhika Babbar bt Rani Mathew 21-10, 21-15; Grishma Anand bt Aditi Pradhan 21-1, 21-3; Shambhavi Bajaj bt Gauri Asija 21-14, 12-21, 21-19; Rashmit Kaur bt Nisha Nain 21-15, 21-14. U-13 (first round): Rujita bt Tanya 21-9, 21-10; Shruti Solanki bt Sakshi Bhandari 21-1, 21-8; Megha Shridhar bt Himani 21-13, 21-10; Sumedha bt Tanya 21-8, 21-4; Saloni Sharma bt Isha Sharma 21-13, 21-5; Navasha bt Mahek Sumeja 21-9, 21-5; Shrushti Handa bt Mehak Jain 21-11, 21-16; Smridhi Garg bt Ashna Chandrwal 14-21, 21-16, 21-19. U-10 (first round): Sumedha Agarwal bt Divya Bajaj 21-16, 21-17; Ritika Rani bt Namisha Kandhari 21-19, 17-21, 21-18; Harshika Chadha bt Muskan Jain 21-7, 21-8; Namita Pathania bt Bhavya Rishi 21-17, 21-12; C. Ashna bt Anamika 19-21, 22-20, 21-11.