Verma,Dey fail to make main draw

Verma,who came through the first qualifying round with a comfortable 21-13,21-13 win over Bahrain’s Al-Sayed Jafar Ebrahim Jafar,hit a road block in the form of Mahajan in the second round,losing the tough encounter 21-23,21-19,22-24. Mahajan,19,who trains at the Prakash Padukone Academy,kept his nerves,playing the big points better to earn a place in the main draw. Shubhanker Dey was shunted out in the first round itself,losing to Rohit Yadav 21-14,12-21,16-21.

In another interesting match of contrasting styles,Indonesia’s Dharma Alrie Guna got the better of India’s Srujan Nandaluri 21-14,17-21,21-11. Using his jump smashes to telling effect,Guna quelled the delicate touches of Nandaluri to make the main draw.

Results

Men’s Singles: Rohit Yadav C (IND) bt B Sumeeth Reddy (IND) 21-16,21-19; K Srikanth (IND) bt Vipul Saini (IND) 21-12,21-11; P Vinay Kumar Reddy (IND) bt Sagar Chopda (IND) 21-15,21-14; Akshit Mahajan (IND) bt Sameer Verma (IND) 23-21,19-21,24-22; K Nandagopal (IND) bt Ratikanta Saha (IND) 21-16,21-19; Dharma Alrie Guna (INA) bt Srujan Nandaluri (IND) 21-14,17-21,21-11; Muhd Syawal Mohd Ismail (MAS) bt Himanshu Kharbanda (IND) 21-13,21-8. Women’s singles: Daya Elsa Jacob (IND) bt Asmaa Badie Tawfeek (EGY) 21-6,21-6; Millicent I W (INA) bt Rucha Nikam (IND) 21-2,21-9 . Men’s doubles: S. Sunjith (Jr)/Ram C Vijay (IND) bt Deepak Khatri/Akshit Mahajan (IND) 21-16,21-10; J. B. S. Vidyadhar/ T. Dinesh (IND) bt Harinder Malik/Satinder Malik (IND) 21-18, 21-15; Shubhankar Dey/Eshan Naqvi (IND) bt Mayank Behal/Tanveer Gill (IND) 21-19,21-10.

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