SUBHASH MISHRA
Hazaribagh, Aug 23: Top-seeded players continued their fine run in the Jharkhand State Badminton Championship being played at the Indoor Stadium in Hazaribagh. In the girls’ under-19 category, favourites Sara Sharma of Jamshedpur, Ananya Singh, and Yogita Bora of Ranchi stormed into the quarterfinals.
Sara Sharma outplayed Kritika Kumari of Giridih 15-06, 15-03, while Ananya Singh defeated Ashtika Singh of Gumla 15-06, 15-08. Yogita Bora sealed her spot by beating Vaishnavi Singh of Deoghar 15-10, 15-05.
In the men’s singles, Krish Dubey (Jamshedpur), Ankit Gope (Ranchi), Priyanshu Tirkey (West Singhbhum), and Akash Pandit (Giridih) advanced to the last eight.
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Akash Pandit beat Ujjwal Paawan (Jamshedpur) 15-08, 15-13, Ankit Gope got past Sachin Gope (Gumla) 15-11, 15-12, while Priyanshu Tirkey defeated Shantanu Kumar (Jamshedpur) 15-09, 15-09.
The boys’ under-19 event also saw strong performances, with Krish Dubey (Jamshedpur), Swapneel Nayak (Hazaribagh), and Yuvraj Kumar (Ranchi) reaching the next round.
Dubey overcame Sagar Banjara (Ranchi) 15-13, 15-08, Nayak beat Sujal Rakshit (Dhanbad) 15-03, 15-08, while Yuvraj Kumar stopped Samvith Ramesh (Ranchi) 15-07, 15-11.
Match Results
Men’s Singles
- Kiran Agrawal (ES) bt Manas Ranjan (Ranchi) 5-15, 15-05, 15-14
- Suraj Pratap (ES) bt Ashu Gopal (Ranchi) 15-07, 15-14
- Ramanand Sahu (Gumla) bt Priyanshu Shaw (ES) 15-09, 12-25, 15-10
- Harshit Raj (Gumla) bt Kunal Patel (Jamshedpur) 12-15, 15-12, 15-11
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Girls’ Under-19
- Shradha Sinha (Ranchi) bt Himani Oraon (Gumla) 15-10, 15-08
- Ashana Tigga (Gumla) bt Ananya Giridih (Hazaribagh) 15-11, 15-14
- Anushka Tyagi (Jamshedpur) bt Shambhavi Verman (Ranchi) 15-09, 25-12
- Pihu Singh (Dhanbad) bt Nishatha Rana (Hazaribagh) 15-03, 15-03
Boys’ Under-19
- Sree Ram Ratan (Hazaribagh) bt P. Das (Gumla) 15-05, 15-06
- Suraj Pratap Singh (Jamshedpur) bt Sachin Gope (Gumla) 15-10, 15-13
- Pranshu Shaw (Jamshedpur) bt Aniket Saraf (Ranchi) 15-11, 15-13
- Abu Raiyan (Hazaribagh) bt Aniket Singh (Ranchi) 14-15, 15-11, 15-14
- Utsav Kumar (Deoghar) bt Ashu Gopal (Ranchi) 15-11, 15-08
