79th senior National badminton: Sahil, Linymol advance

Punjab’s Sahil Katlariya, in a see-saw tussle, defeated Chandigarh’s Abhishek Kumar Singh 14-15, 15-9, 15-14 to enter the second round of the men’s qualifying round of the 79th senior National badminton championship which began here on Thursday.

In the distaff section, Kerala’s P.S. Linymol scored a 10-15, 15-11, 15-8 victory over Telangana’s Pranavi Reddy to move into the second round.

Meanwhile, the tournament faced more withdrawals of star players as Commonwealth Games gold medallist P. Kashyap pulled out from team and individual events. K. Srikanth and P.V. Sindhu will play in the team, but skip the individual events.

The results: First round: Men: Gaurav (Del) bt Kiran (Kar) 15-10, 15-10; Nazish (Raj) bt Sai Naga Koteswara (AP) 15-14, 15-13; Amey Joshi (Mah) bt Rituparna Dutta (Asm) 15-4, 15-8; Anand Tiwari (Pnb) bt Anmoal Behrani (Mah) 15-12, 15-13; Akash (MP) bt Vikranth (AP) 12-15, 15-4, 15-10; Rajat Joon (Har) bt Rajesh Verma (Raj) 9-15, 15-6, 15-11; Harshit (Ktk) bt Aazad (MP) 15-11, 15-13; Kiran Kumar (IR) bt Sachin (Kar) 15-11, 15-5; Khaja Jaleel (AP) bt Jaimeen (Guj) 15-14, 15-10; Rishabh (Del) bt Arun Kumar (Har) 15-13, 15-10; Harshit (CG) bt Raghunad (AP) 15-10, 15-13; Satinder (Har) bt Saarang (Mah) 15-14, 14-15, 15-9; Harsheel Dani (AI) bt Dinesh (Har) 15-5, 15-6; Vijaykumar Reddy (AP) bt Gaurav (Bih) 15-9, 15-14; Shrishail (Mah) bt Gurpartap Singh (Pnb) 15-14, 15-12; Ankit (Chg) bt Amit (Del) 12-15, 15-5, 15-9; Ashith Surya (Kar) bt Prashant (Raj) 15-12, 15-9; Ravi Kushwaha (MP) bt Surender Rathee (Har) 12-15, 15-14, 15-13; Ansh (Guj) bt Aman Kumar (Har) 2-1 (retd); Upendra (AP) bt Mohit Tiwari (Utr) 5-15, 15-11, 15-11, Kartikey Gulshan Kumar (Del) bt Ameya Oak (Mah) 15-8, 15-11; Gaurav Parmar (MP) bt Shouvik Ghosh (WB) 15-13, 12-15, 15-14; Sanjay (Ker) bt Dhruv (Del) 14-15, 15-12, 15-9; Trinadh (AP) bt Devang Dalal (Raj) 15-9, 10-15, 15-11; Kawaldeep (Chg) bt Ankush (Raj) 15-6, 15-6; Sahil Katlariya (Pun) bt Abhishek Kumar (CG) 14-15, 15-9, 15-14; Satish (TS) bt Irshad (Ker) 10-15, 15-10, 15-13; Pratik (MP) bt Ankit (Del) 15-10, 15-11.

Women: Sudha (AP) bt Daksha (Har) 15-4, 15-5; Linymol (Ker) bt Pranavi Reddy (TS) 10-15, 15-11, 15-8; Chimran Kalita (Asm) bt Sravani (AP) 15-7, 15-7; Prashi (TS) bt Leela (AP) 13-15, 15-3, 15-8; Komal (Har) bt Kirti Prasad (UP) 15-7, 15-8; Radhika (AP) bt Preethi (TS) 15-7, 15-8; Harika (AI) bt Shamita (TN) 15-9, 15-11; Kaberi (IR) bt Meghana (Kar) 15-11, 15-7; Sneha (Ker) bt Jamuna (AP) 15-7, 15-8; Lalita (Har) bt Alvia (AP) 15-11, 15-11; Anusha (MP) bt Yamini (Del) 15-10, 15-12; Pooja (TS) bt Tanishq (AP) 15-13, 11-15, 15-11; Isha (Del) bt Sheetal (AP) 15-2, 15-12; Smirti (Utr) bt Anjali Rawat (Guj) 3-4 (retd); Yeshaswini (TS) bt Sinymol (Ker) 15-6, 13-15, 15-7; Rucha Nikam (Mah) bt Medhanvitha (AP) 15-8, 15-6.