Samridhi marches ahead in junior ranking badminton tournament
Harshit and Ananya (Haryana) beat Milan Gill and Ishita Sharma (Haryana/Punjab) 15-11, 13-15, 15-5, while Archit Sinha and Rama Singh (UP) beat Aksh Singh and Akshaya Chowdary Aluru (Delhi/Telangana) 21-19, 15-13 in the Round of 64 U-19 mixed doubles match of the 31st Krishna Khaitan All-India Junior (U-19) Ranking Tournament.
In the U-19 girls singles, Samridhi Bhardwaj (Punjab) beat Aakriti (Chhattisgarh) 15-5 15-9 and Hasini Pandiarajan (Telangana) defeated Rubal Sain (Haryana) 15-13, 15-6 in the round of 128.
Manasvi Rana (Haryana) beat Sanskriti Agrawal (MP) 16-14 15-11 and Anushka Juyal (Uttarakhand) beat Shravya Akula (Telangana) and Diya Bheemaiah B (Karnataka) beat Shambhavi Rauthan (Uttarakhand) 15-12 15-10. Prakriti Sharma (Maharashtra) beat Saniya Yadav (Delhi) 15-9, 15-11 and Seerat Budhwar (Hry) beat Tanishka (Chhattisgarh) 15-6 15-8.