Cuttack (Odisha) [India], December 11 (ANI): Top Indian shuttlers continued their robust exhibiting on the ongoing Odisha Masters on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Cuttack, with prime seeds Unnati Hooda and Tharun Mannepalli, alongside Tanvi Sharma, Kiran George, and Anupama Upadhyaya, advancing to the singles quarterfinals.
In ladies’s singles, prime seed Hooda dominated Thailand’s Tidapron Kleebyeesun 21-7, 21-14 in simply 25 minutes to ebook her quarterfinal spot. Joining her is Tanvi, who overcame fellow Indian Aditi Bhatt 21-18, 22-20 in a 33-minute battle.
Anmol Kharb staged a formidable comeback towards Japan’s Shiori Ebihara, recovering from a 6-21 opening-game loss to take the subsequent two video games 21-8, 21-13 in 46 minutes. Upadhyaya additionally superior after her opponent retired within the third sport. Tasnim Mir, who delivered a significant upset yesterday, put up a powerful battle towards qualifier Nanami Someya of Japan and now prepares to tackle seventh seed Tung Ciou-Tong of Chinese Taipei, who defeated India’s Aakarshi Kashyap 11-21, 21-8, 21-18 in a 66-minute contest, as per a Badminton Association of India (BAI) press launch.
In males’s singles, prime seed Tharun moved into the quarterfinals with a 21-16, 12-21, 21-11 win over Govind Krishna in 48 minutes and can subsequent face Indonesia’s Muhamad Yusuf. Indonesia’s Richie Duta Richardo brought on an upset by defeating fourth seed Priyanshu Rajawat 21-12, 21-10. George superior with a 21-12, 21-18 win over Dendi Triansyah and can tackle eighth seed Rithvik Sanjeevi in an all-Indian quarterfinal. Rounak Chouhan and S. Sankar Muthusamy additionally progressed to the final eight.
In doubles, World Junior Team Championships medalists Bhargav Ram Arigela and Viswa Tej Gobburu outplayed Nithin H.V. and Venkata Harsha Veeramreddy 18-21, 24-22, 21-17 to safe a quarterfinal berth. Fourth-seeded males’s doubles pair Pruthvi Krishnamurthy and Sai Pratheek, together with ladies’s doubles mixtures Kavipriya Selvam/Simran Singhi and Ashwini Bhat/Shikha Gautam, additionally superior.
In blended doubles, fourth seeds Ashith Surya and Amrutha Pramuthesh survived a problem from Nitin Kumar and Ritika Thaker, profitable 17-21, 21-13, 21-19 to enter the quarterfinals. Sathwik Reddy and Reshika Uthayasooryan additionally superior with a assured 21-19, 21-12 victory over Par Tien Ann and Juliana Zefanya Gabriela in 28 minutes. (ANI)