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Tanishaq shocks Bhat

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MUMBAI: Second-seeded Arvind Bhat could not lift his game when challenged, slipping to a 19-21, 16-21 defeat to qualifier K. Tanishaq in men’s singles first round at the second Tata Open all-India badminton tournament at the CCI courts here on Friday.

Bhat gave credit to his Andhra Pradesh opponent for handling the big points well. “The first game was close, I thought he played well to take three points at a time when I had almost come back into the match,” said the National men’s champion, feeling out of sorts in mental preparation.

“I feel fitter than ever before, my pre-match routines are the same but somehow not feeling tuned up in the mind,” he said.

Aggression

Tanishaq stuck to an aggressive game, unaffected by his rival’s reputation. The World No. 27 has put Friday’s loss behind him and is looking ahead towards the World championships next month.

“This is the fourth tournament it has happened. You can’t dwell too much on it. After a week’s break, I will begin training for the Worlds,” said the PSPB player.

The results:

Men’s singles: Second round: Ajay Jayaram (Mah) bt Pratik Patel (Guj) 21-15, 21-10; P. Kashyap (PSPB) bt Saurabh Verma (MP) 21-19, 21-12.

First round: Chetan Anand (PSPB) bt Pavan Malik (Cha) 21-11, 21-12; Vinay Kumar Reddy (AP) bt Manish Rawat (Rlys) 21-14, 21-11; Ajay Jayaram (Mah) bt Aditya Prakash (Kar) 21-16, 21-17; Pratik Patel (Guj) bt Saurav Kapoor (AI) 18-21, 23-21, 21-16; P. Kashyap (PSPB) bt Utsav Mishra (AI) 21-12, 21-9; Saurabh Verma (MP) bt C.M. Sasidhar (AP) 17-21, 21-9, 21-12; J.B.S. Vidhyadhar (PSPB) bt S. Aravind (AP) 12-21, 21-16, 22-20; S.D.S. Krishna (Kar) bt Nigel D’Sa (Mah) 21-10, 16-21, 21-12; Anshuman Hazarika (Asm) bt Arun Nandaluri (AP) 21-16, 21-10; Sagar Chopda (Mah) bt Ratikanta Saha (Rlys) 21-13, 21-15; Anand Pawar (AI) bt James Bonsels (Eng) 21-10, 21-13; Srujan Nandaluri (AP) bt Ashish Sharma (Chd) 21-15, 21-11; Thomas Kurien (Ker) bt Manu Attri (UP) 21-16, 21-13; Guru Sai Dutt (AP) bt Nikhil Kanetkar (PSPB) 21-11, 21-12; K. Tanishaq (AP) bt Arvind Bhat (PSPB) 21-19, 21-16; Mohit Kamat (Kar) bt Prashant Bahatane (Mah) 21-7, 21-13.

Women’s singles: Second round: Aditi Mutatkar (PSPB) bt Trupti Lavanya (MP) 21-13, 21-12; Neha Pandit (Mah) bt Radhika Singh Bhati (Raj) 21-12, 21-12.

First round: Trupti Lavanya bt N. Suswetha (AP) 21-4, 21-4; Aditi Mutatkar (PSPB) bt Jui Agaskar (Mah) 21-15, 21-8; Neha Pandit (Mah) bt Abanthika Deka (Asm) 21-18, 21-15; Ashwini Ponnappa (Kar) bt Mohita Sahdev (Del) 21-12, 21-16; Bibari Basumatary (Asm) bt Sampada Sahasrabuddhe (Mah) 21-19, 21-15; Gayatri Vartak (Mah) bt Sonal More (Rlys) 20-22, 21-16, 21-15; Trupti Murgunde (Pet) bt Anjali Kalita (Asm) 22-20, 9-21, 21-14; Arundhati Pantawane (Mah) bt Garima Yadav (MP) 21-7, 21-11; Mudra Dhainje (AI) bt Shavanti Mokashi (Mah) 21-11, 21-9; Parssa Naqvi (Rlys) bt Rucha Nikam (Mah) 21-16, 21-9; Sayali Gokhale (AI) bt Saziya Khan (MP) 21-8, 21-8; Saumya Padhye (Kar) bt Rachita Sahdev (Del) 21-10, 21-3.

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