Chandigarh, Nov 21 (UNI) Third seed Riya Pillai of Maharashtra and sixth seed Samhita of Andhra Pradesh were upset in the girls under-16 singles pre-quarterfinal matches of the Sunrise (India) All-India Junior Badminton Championships being hosted by the Chandigarh Badminton Association at the Sector 42 Badminton Hall here today.
Qualifier Shreya Aggarwal of Delhi shocked Riya Pillai 21-16, 21-11 on her way to quarterfinal. Grishma Anand, also of Delhi, upset Samhitha 21-16,7-21, 26-24 in a hard-fought pre-quarter-final match.
One upset was also recorded in the girls under-13 singles pre-quarterfinal match as Gauri Asija of Delhi eliminated eighth seed Kuhoo Garg of Uttrakhand 21-18, 21-9.
Results: Girls singles Under -13: Rituparna Das (WB) bt Karishma Kapoor (Har) 21-8,21-5, Vijetha K (AP) bt Daman Sharma (Chd) 21-17,21-7, Pooja Mudaliyar (AP) bt Ningshi Block Hazarika (Asm) 21-13, 21-17, 4 Kerul Mistry (Guj) bt Harshita (AP) 21-15, 21-10, Gauri Asija (Dli) bt Kuhoo Garg (Utr) 21-18, 21-9, Shreyansi Pardesi (MP) bt Priya Srikrishna(AP) 21-9, 21-9, 7 Rini Tandel (Guj) bt Mehak Sood (Chd) 21-15, 21-12, G Ruthvika (AP) bt Anoushka Parikh (Guj) 21-14, 21-17.
Girls singles Under-16: P V Sindhu(AP) bt Steffi Kala(Pnb) 21-8,21-2, Anagha Unni (Ktk) bt Ananya Nagar(Dli) 21-13, 21-8, Sara Naqvi(UP) bt Mintti Kaur (Mah) 21-13, 21-11, Arthi Sara Sunil (Ker) bt Anjali Rawat (Guj) 21-13, 21-18, Grishma Anand (Dli) bt Samhitha (AP) 21-16,7-21, 26-24, Shreya Aggarwal (Dli) bt Riya Pillai (Mah) 21-16, 21-11, Manisha (AP) bt Rituparna Das (WB) 21-18, 21-12, Daya Elsa Jacob (Ker) bt Meghna (AP) 21-7, 21-10.
Boys singles Under-16: Sameer Verma (MP) bt Nikhil Jangid (Raj) 21-12, 21-17, Kenneth Wong(Chd) bt Ashish G Kumar(AP) 21-16, 21-15, Hema Nagendran Babu (AP) bt Gaurav Sidharth (Bhr) 21-12, 21-15, Chaitanya K Reddy (AP) bt Rishabh Sahdev (Dli) 14-21, 21-15, 21-11, Vishal Dev Reddy (AP) bt Hemanga Borah (Asm) 21-12, 21-12, Sudhanshu Medsikar (Mah) bt Vamsi A Mohan Rao 21-5,21-8, Arun George(Ker) bt Kanwaldeep Singh (Pnb) 21-8, 21-7, Harshvardhan Bisht (Dli) bt Venu Madhav (AP) 21-8, 21-12, Jayank Ahuja (Dli) bt Manish (AP) 21-11, 21-11, Neeraj (Har) bt Vignesh Dewalkar (Mah) 21-6, 21-8, Venkatesh B(AP) bt Chandan Gulati (Pnb) 21-7, 21-14, Pratul Joshi (MP) w/o Nikhil M ( AP), Saharsh (AP) bt Ameya Oak (Mah) 21-14, 21-15, Mohd. Ehsaas (Asm) bt Bharath V H (AP) 25-23, 21-11, Prateek Saxena (Raj) w/o Yuva Priduvi Raj (AP), Trinankur Nag (Wb) bt Arshlan Naqvi (UP) 21-15, 21-23, 21-18.
Boys singles Under-19: Sumeet Reddy (AP) bt Rohit Singh (Har) 21-13, 21-15, Rajender Gaur (MP) bt Abhishek Kulkarni (Mah) 21-14, 23-21, Nvs Vijetha (AP) bt Arun George (Ker) 21-10, 21-11, Sonik Prabhudesai (Ktk) bt Bhawani Singh (Dli) 21-5, 21-3, Anurag Thakkar (MP) bt Prateek Khurana (Ktk) 18-21, 21-11, 21-17, Vijay Kumar Reddy (AP) bt Deepak Khatri (Har) 21-14, 21-11, Bob Sharma (Pnb) bt Kaustav Das (Dli) 21-17, 21-14, Aman Sethi (Chg) bt Sirish (AP) 23-21, 21-15, Hirak Jyoti Neog (AI) bt Ajay Kumar (AP) 21-16, 21-13, Harshvardhan Bisht (Dli) bt Nirmit (Utr) 21-18, 12-21, 21-11, Srisail Mitkari (Mah) bt Karthikey K (Ktk) 21-19, 20-22, 21-16, Pratik Patel (Ai) bt Prateek Saxena (Raj) 21-8, 21-14, Eshaan Naqvi (Mah) bt Venu Madhav (AP) 21-10, 21-10, Akshit Mahajan (Har) bt Hs Prannoy (Ker) 12-21, 21-18, 21-16, Bhaskar Chakraborty bt Santosh (AP) 21-14, 21-15, Nandgopal (AP) bt Deepak Joshi (Utr) 5-21, 21-17, 21-18.
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