- Sushant Chiplakatti Smriti Pune Mayor Trophy Badminton
- Five seeded players suffered defeat
- The competition is going on in the Badminton Hall at Shivajinagar
Badminton: Pune District Metropolitan Badminton Association (PDMBA) organized by BWF, BA, BAI and MBA in memory of Sushant Chiplakatty Pune Mayor Trophy Yonex Sunrise Indian Kumar International Grand Prix Under 19 Badminton Tournament Viren Seth, Hardik Divyansh, Karthik Dubey in boys group and Adarshini Shri Bupathi Balaji, Dhishtha Singha in girls group Gopinath gave a blow to the ranked players. Moved forward.
In the second round of the tournament held at Badminton Hall at PE Societies Modern PDMBA Sports Complex, Shivajinagar, unseeded Viren Seth defeated ninth seed Ashwin Lenin Muthuraj of India 21-10, 10-21, 21-10 while Hardik Divyansh recorded an unexpected result by defeating fourteenth seed Karthik Rupa Suhas 21-11, 21-16. Karthik Dubey scored a sensational 17-21, 21-12, 21-18 win over twelfth seed Aarush Pavaskar. Thirteenth seed Bornil Akash Changmai defeated Anyan Borah 21-15, 19-21, 21-17 in a tight match. Third seed Sai Bhatraju defeated Vaibhav Singh 21-18, 23-21.
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Sixth seed Radha Gadgil lost
In the girls' category, Adarshini Sri Bupathi Balaji easily defeated sixth seed Radha Gadgil 21-12, 21-10. Dhishtha Singha Gopinath ended the challenge of seventh seed Hasana Sri Mallavarapu 10-21, 21-14, 13-08. Rishika Nandi defeated Nishika Gokhe 21-14, 21-10 while Yutika Chavan advanced by defeating Lavanya Karki 21-15, 21-10. Earlier, the competition was inaugurated by Pune Mayor Manjusha Nagpure. Honorary Secretary of PDMBA CA Ranjit Natu, Treasurer Sarang Lagoo, Joint Secretary Anand Joshi, Competition Coordination Secretary Rajeev Bagh, Girish Natu, Mihir Ratanjamkar and other dignitaries were present on this occasion.
Results Men's Doubles – First Round
Shoreya Jawwaji / Arnav Sharma (India) Vs. Vs. Saurya Maharjan / Subin Shrestha (Nepal) 21-08, 21-15; Shreyas Chandra Shekhar / Mayukh Deshalli Bhuvaneshwara (India) Vs. Vs. Divyam Kejriwal / Subhra Ketan Mallick 21-16, 24-22; Arybka Okta Disabian / Muhammed Jilazik Artando Zakaria (Indonesia) Vs. Vs. Ozas Joshi / Avadhoot Kadam (India) 21-18, 21-17; Yogansh Singh / Athish Srinivas PV (India) (3) Vs. Vs. Yadunandan Kenchaiya / Amit Nataraj (India) 21-23, 21-17, 21-12
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Girls doubles
Chantharat Marandakul / Perploy Suttivarayanon (Thailand) Vs. Vs. Sharyu Ranjane / Soyra Shelar (India) 21-14, 19-15;
Akshaya Choudhary Aluru / Gagana Sri Choudhary Kolapaneni (India) Vs. Vs. Asmita Khatri / Rihana Sherchan (Nepal) 21-11, 21-09;
Varna Prabhunanda / Suhina Roy (India) Vs. Vs. Yangchen Dolkar / Tshering Deki Yangden (Bhutan) 21-05, 21-07