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Priyanka enters semifinals
NEW DELHI: Second seed Priyanka Arya survived a scare before overpowering Shraddha Srivastav 10-21, 21-19, 21-16 in the girls’ (under-19) quarterfinals of the Delhi State badminton championship at the Karnail Singh Stadium here on Sunday.
In the men’s pre-quarterfinals, Nitin Mahiwal battled all the way to down Gauranshu Chopra 16-21, 21-14, 24-22.
The results:
Men: Pre-quarterfinals: Davinder Dhillon bt Pankaj Pandey 21-8, 21-16; Abhishek Ahlawat bt Karan Kalia 21-14, 21-17; Rudra Kaushik bt Srikant Bakshi 21-11, 21-16; Nitin Mahiwal bt Gauranshu Chopra 16-21, 21-14, 24-22; Abhinav Prakash b t Sunil Kumar 21-11, 13-21, 21-16; Rohit Ranaut bt Bhuwan Sethi 21-5, 21-13; Manmeet Singh bt Sachin Rawat 22-20, 21-19; Tanveer Gill bt Gaurav Sharma 22-20, 21-12.
Boys: U-19: Quarterfinals: Abhishek Ahlawat bt Amit Sharma 21-11, 21-18; Bhaskar Chakraborty bt Sarmukh Singh 21-17, 13-21, 21-9; Kaustav Das bt Ahmed Kamal 21-15, 21-11.
Women: Quarterfinals: Mohita Sachdev bt Sunita Rawat 21-5, 21-14; Gauri Chopra bt Priyanka Arya 21-10, 25-23; Akansha Nehra bt Saloni Chopra 21-13, 21-10; Meenakshi Nair bt Rajni Wazir 21-10, 21-14.
Girls: U-19: Quarterfinals: Akansha Nehra bt Jhankar Aggarwal 21-5, 21-8; Yamini Sharma bt Garishma Anand 21-10, 14-21, 21-14; Shreya Aggarwal bt Saloni Chopra 21-15, 21-13; Priyanka Arya bt Shraddha Srivastav 10-21, 21-19, 21-16.
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