Abhishek stuns Abhinn; Gopi, Aparna advance

Bangalore, Aug 9: A string of upsets rocked the proceedings of the fifth BPL All-India Badminton Tournament at the K Raheja Stadium on Mo...

Bangalore, Aug 9: A string of upsets rocked the proceedings of the fifth BPL All-India Badminton Tournament at the K Raheja Stadium on Monday. Nineteen-year-old qualifier Arvind Bhat of Karnataka scalped Thomas Kurien and Vikrant Patwardhan in succession in the men’s singles while BM Ashwini dismissed P V V Lakshmi 11-1, 11-8 in the women’s section.

However, it was Abhishek Bakshi who caused a major flutter when he ousted No 2 seed Abhinn Shyam Gupta 15-10, 17-15.

Top seeds Aparna Popat and P Gopi Chand, both of IOC, entered the semi-finals and quarter-finals respectively without much ado.

Results

Men’s singles (pre-quarterfinals): P Gopi Chand bt Tarun Chauhan 15-2, 15-7; Arvind Bhat bt Vikrant Patwardhan 16-17, 17-15, 15-3; Nikhil Kanetkar bt J B S Vidyadhar 15-6, 15-4; Kiran Kumar bt Joy Antony 10-15, 15-10, 15-12; Siddharth Jain bt Sushant Saxena 15-1, 15-11; Chetan Anand bt Ajit Wijetilek 15-11, 15-8; Sachin Ratti w/o Vijay Lancy; Abhishek Bakshi bt Abhinn Shyam Gupta 15-10, 17-15.

Firstround: P Gopi Chand bt Devinder Dhillon 15-6, 15-9; Chauhan bt Parag Modi 6-15, 15-6, 15-10; Patwardhan bt Anuj Gupta 17-14, 15-7; Bhat bt Thomas Kurien 6-15, 15-12, 15-11; Kanetkar bt Guruprasad 15-6, 15-7; Vidyadhar bt Anup Sridhar 15-4, 15-4; Kiran Kumar bt Mangirish Palekar 15-1, 7-15, 15-10; Antony bt Srinivasan 13-15, 15-3, 15-12; Jain bt K A Anish 8-15, 15-10, 15-9; Saxena bt Amrish Shinde 15-6, 12-15, 17-15; Anand bt Abhijeet Naimpally 15-13, 8-15, 15-13; Wijetilek bt Vijay Khanna 15-10, 15-2; Lancy bt Parveen Gehlawat 15-7, 15-11; Ratti bt Jaison Xavier 15-9, 15-7; Abhinn Shyam bt Ashish Chadda 15-13, 15-2; Bakshi bt Sanket Shetty 9-15, 15-7, 15-11.

Women’s singles (quarter-finals): Aparna Popat bt Pooja Patil 11-0, 11-3; C H Deepti bt Ketaki Thakar 11-3, 11-3; B R Meenakshi bt Thanuja Begum 11-3, 11-1; Trupti Murgunde bt B N Ashwini 11-7, 11-9; G Jwala bt Oli Deka 13-12, 11-5; Parul Priyadarshini bt Neelima Chaudhary 11-9, 11-2; Sampada Shetye bt Divya Ramesh 6-11, 11-9, 11-3; Manjusha Kanwar btShruti Kurien 11-3, 11-0.First round: Kurien bt Leena Pednekar 12-13, 11-7, 11-9; Patil bt Glory Xavier 11-7, 11-5; Thakar bt Sridevi Gadili 11-3, 11-9; Ashwini bt P V V Lakshmi 11-1, 11-8; Thanuja Begum bt Sarada Reddy 11-7, 8-11, 13-10; Jwala bt Madhavi Kashikar 11-9, 11-2, Priyadarshini bt Shalini Prakash 11-5, 11-5; Shetye bt Ruchi Kapil 11-9, 11-9.

Women’s doubles: Nupura Bhide/Parul Priyadarshini bt Pooja Patil/B N Ashwini 15-10, 15-7; G Jwala G/Shruti Kurien bt Kirti Kadam/Leena Padnekar 15-10, 16-17, 15-9; Meenakshi/Ketaki Takkar bt Palkan Nagori/Swati Moghe 15-1, 15-4; Sampada Shetye/Madavi Kashikar bt Divya Ramesh/Trupti Murugunde 15-8, 17-15; P V V Lakshmi/Sharada Reddy w/o Sridevi Gadili/E B Nandini; Oli Deka/C H Deepti bt Glory Xavier/B Tanuja 15-11, 9-15, 15-9; Aparna Popat/Manju Abrahim bt Chandana Rajendra/B R Kokila 15-2, 15-10.

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Mixed doubles: Vijaydeep Singh/P V V Lakshmi bt B N Sudhakar/B R Kokila 15-2, 15-4; J B S Vidyadhar/Shruti Kurien bt Rajesh Reddy/Chandana Rajendra 15-4, 15-0;Mohammed Ali/G Jwala bt Mayur Ghatnekar/Kirti Kadam 15-3, 15-11.