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Upset win for Bob Sharma

SIVAKASI: Bob Sharma of Punjab scored an upset 14-21, 21-18, 21-19 win over seventh seed Hirak Jyothi Neog of Air India in the boys’ singles second round of the 33rd junior National badminton championship, organised by the Virudhunagar District Badminton Association, here on Friday.

Top seed B. Sumeeth Reddy of Andhra Pradesh, who got a bye into the second round, took just over 15 minutes to beat Prashanta Das of Tripura 21-7, 21-4 and advance to the boys’ singles third round.

The results: Boys: Singles: Second round: B. Sumeeth Reddy (AP) bt Prashanta Das (Tri) 21-7, 21-4; Bob Sharma (Pun) bt Hirak Jyoti Neog (AI) 14-21, 21-18, 21-19; K. Nanda Gopal (AP) bt K. Manoj Kumar (Ori) 21-7, 21-9; Prakash Jolly (Kar) bt Anand Tiwari (Pun) 21-15, 21-12; B. Sai Praneeth (AP) bt R.M. Ansari (U.P.) 21-15, 22-24, 21-10; Aditya Prakash (Kar) bt Nazish Khan (Raj) 21-6, 21-11; M. Prashanth Reddy (AP) bt Kapil Dinesh (Guj) 21-11, 21-18; Mayank Gole (Mah) bt Tejas Shah (Guj) 21-12, 21-17; M.R. Manikandan (TN) bt Trinakar Nag (WB) 21-7, 21-10; Dharam Veer (U.P.) bt Animesh Viswakarma 21-10, 21-12; Pratul Joshi (MP) bt Sanny Sawant (Goa) 21-10, 21-11; S. Aravind (AP) bt Harsha (Guj) 21-14, 21-8; Sunil Varma (Kar) bt Yasodhan Maratha (Mah) 21-14, 21-18; P. Vijay Kumar Reddy (AP) bt V. Velavan (TN) 19-21, 21-8, 22-20; Pranav Chopra (AI) bt Deepak 21-9, 18-21, 21-13; B. Ashok (TN) bt Naoba Maiti (Man) 21-8, 21-10; Vikash Harsha (AP) bt Abishek Phukan (Asm) 21-15, 21-16; Neeraj Rehman (Ker) bt Deyart Bhalerao (Mah) 21-16, 21-18; Ravi Singla (Har) bt Aditya Mehta (Guj) 21-14, 21-17; Dhruv Shanbag (Kar) bt Pushan Roy (WB) 21-16, 21-17; Akshit Mahajan (Har) bt Darshan Kulkarni (Kar) 11-21, 21-14, 21-17; Sameer Varma (MP) bt Love Kumar (Pun) 21-14, 17-21, 21-17; K. Ajay Kumar (AP) bt Floyd Arazoo (Goa) 21-16, 21-14; Prateek Patel (AI) bt V. Anvesh (AP) 21-12, 21-18; H.N. Pranoy (Ker) bt Ankit Patel (U.P.) 21-11, 21-16; Deepak Khatri (Har) bt Bharat Bajaj (Del) 21-13, 21-19.

Girls: Singles: First round: S. Darshini (TN) bt Archana Kumari (Bih) 21-19, 21-8; Aarthi Sara Sanil (Ker) bt Grishma Anand (Del) 21-15, 21-14; Syeda Roslina Begum (Asm) bt Drman Preet Kaur (Pun) 21-10, 21-10; H.J. Unshan Ring (Man) bt Deval Acharya (Guj) 21-16, 12-21, 21-19; Nidhi Tiwari (Del) bt Priyadarshini (Asm) 21-16, 21-9; Shivalya Gupta (U.P.) bt Gargi Rattan (HP) 21-11, 21-7; O. Aditi (AP) bt Jagiriti (Har) 21-11, 21-13; Munmita Srikant (Asm) bt A. Rebecca (Pud) 13-21, 22-20, 21-12; Niharika Saini (Raj) bt L. Rabika Devi (Man) 21-11, 21-13.

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