Top Seeds Bow Out as Underdogs Shine at India Junior Badminton Grand Prix in Pune

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Pune, 29th August 2024: Top seeds in the boys and girls events Abhishek Kanapala and Prakriti Bharath both of India were knocked out at the Late Sushant Chipalkatti Yonex Sunrise India Junior International Grand Prix Badminton Tournament organized by Poona District Metropolitan Badminton Association sponsored by Yonex Sunise and co-sponsored by Ultra Corpotech Private Limited under the auspices of BWF, BA, BAI and MBA to be played at the P. E. Society’s Modern PDMBA Sports Complex, Shivajinagar.

In the boys pre quarter finals qualifier  Chinese Taipei Yang Chieh Dan Chinese Taipei  upset the top seeded  Abhishek Kanapala 17-21 21-15 21-16.

In the girls singles event twelfth seed Vennala Kalagotla edged out the top seeded Prakriti Bharath 21-12 16-21 21-18 in an all India contest and move into the quarterfinals

Fourteenth seed Tanvi Patri carved out the third upset of the day registering a 21-15 21-11 win over fifth seeded Raksha Kandasamy to enter the last eight  stage

Results: Main Draw: Boys: Pre- Quarterfinal Round:
(Q)Yang Chieh Dan (Tpe) bt Abhishek Kanapala(Ind)[1] 17-21 21-15 21-16;

Rounak Chouhan(Ind)[4] bt Numair Shaik(Ind)[14]21-4 18-21 21-14;

Yan Shu Wang (Tpe)[11] bt Varghese James Koduppanapolackal(Ind)19-21 21-17 21-8;

(Q)Suryaksh Rawat(Ind) bt Aaraadhya Sharma(Ind)21-12 21-17;

Denis Azzarya(Ina) [2] bt Prateek Koundilya(Ind)21-14 21-15;

(Q)Maharishiel Timotius Gain(Ina) bt

Sugi Sai Bala Singha Gopinath Singh(Ind) 12-21, 21-18, 21-17;

Chiang Tzu Chieh(Tpe) [6] bt Vishwajeet Chaudhary(Ind)[9] 21-19, 21-8;
Tankara Gnana Dattu Talasila(Ind) bt Laksh Chengappa Machangada Aiyappa(Ind)21-16, 16-6retd

Girls:

Vennala Kalagotla(Ind) [12] bt Prakriti Bharath(Ind)[1] 21-12 16-21 21-18;

Thalita Ramadhani Wiryawan(Ina)[8] bt Sreshta Reddy Kannareddy(Ind) [11] 21-17 21-13;

Tanvi Reddy Andluri(Ind) [9] bt Praanjala Nisarga(Ind)21-14 21-9;

Prashansa Bonam(Ind)[3] bt Karnika Srees(Ind) [13] 21-18 21-11;

Tanvi Patri(Ind) [14] Bt Raksha Kandasamy(Ind) [5]  21-15 21-11;

Rujula Ramu(Ind) bt Aneri Kotak(Ind) 21-16 21-10.

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