Raman survives Jaiswal scare

Two former National champions meeting in a first round of the women8217;s singles is not an in-thing. Ambika Radhika, out of the game for sometime, met her match at the hands of Mantu Ghosh. Radhika was not short of support but the lay-off made that difference.

Results 2nd round

Men singles: S Raman PSCB bt Jignesh Jaiswal Guj 21-14 13-21 21-11 15-21 21-12; Deepak Thukral Pnj bt Prasanjit Sarkar Rly 21-18 21-13 21-14; Prithviraj Bose WB bt Anirban Nandi WB 14-21 21-17 21-17 21-18; Nachiket Chawate Mah bt BonaThomas John Rly 21-19 16-21 21-17 16-21 21-19; Ranbir Das WB bt Soumyadeep Roy PSCB 22-20 16-21 21-19 14-21 21-11.

Junior boys: PQF: Anirban Nandi WB bt Irupakshya Saha 21-14 21-12 21-14; Anal Kashyap PSCB bt Nilay Besak WB 21-16 21-14 21-12; Sourav Chakraborthy WB Rajat Kamal TN 21-11 21-18 21-13; Amit Das WB bt Sukanta Das PSCB 21-16 18-21 21-17 21-18; Jayantha Chandra WB bt V Abhinay TN 18-21 21-18 21-18 21-16; Tanmoy Dutta WB bt Arunav Ganguly PSCB 21-17 21-17 21-19.