Pinky Karki of Arunachal Pradesh and Maharashtra's Aditi Kunte advanced to the third round of the girls under-17 qualifying event of the 3rd Gautam Thakkar Memorial All India Junior Badminton Tournament here today.
Pinky, a class XII student from Itanagar, snuffed out the challenge from Haryana's Ayushi Singh by posting a 12-15 15-12 15-3 win at the Bombay Gymkhana courts.
Aditi also recovered from the loss of the opening game to overcome the spirited challenge from Sanjeevani Marathe of Madhya Pradesh with a 9-15 15-13 15-7 victory.
In boys' under-19 singles, Anubhav Sharma of Delhi and Shripad Kulkarni of Maharashtra were engaged in a grim battle before the former came through with a 7-15 15-8 15-9 win.
Maharashtra's Vansh Singh also rallied to put it across Rahul Shah of Uttar Pradesh by snatching a 7-15 15-11 15-11 victory to advance to the next round.
Qualifying results (all from Maharashtra unless stated otherwise):
Girls U 17 singles (2nd round): Pooja Devlekar bt Shanvitha V (AP) 15-7 15-6; Aditi Kunte bt Sanjeevani Marathe (MP) 9-15 15-13 15-7; Divyanshi Rathore (Har) bt Jhanvi Pandey 15-3 15-11; Yeshaswini Nandanoori (AP) bt Shruti Sinha Raj 15-10 15-11; Yajum Laa (ANP) bt Purva Naik 15-8 15-13; Nivedita Rao bt Nayan Thakre 15-4 15-11; Pinky Karki (ANP) bt Ayushi Singh (Har) 12-15 15-12 15-3.
Navya Swaroopa P (AP) bt Shivani Gadre (Guj) 15-14 15-9; Daman Rajkumar (Chg) bt Sai Gulhane 15-10 9-15 15-5; Deepthi Ramesh bt Vasundhara Gawde (MP) 15-5 15-4; Sanjana Santosh (AI) bt Himanshi Pandey 15-3 15-7; Shivani Santosh Singh (Har) bt Shriya Bhagwat 15-10 15-14; Yeshaswini Nandanoori (AP) bt Kangkana Kumari (Asm) 8-15 15-11 15-7; Aditi Kute bt Mayuri Yadav (UP) 11-15 15-7 15-9; Anamika Kashyap (Dli) bt Ayushi Vasava (Guj) 15-12 15-8.
