Sakshi Phogat toils to beat Bhonsle Driti in Krishna Khaitan Badminton

Chandigarh, July 11 (FN Agency) Top seed Sakshi Phogat of Rajasthan faced a stiff resistance from A Bhonsle Driti ofTelengana in the first round of 64 in the girls under-19 singles of the 29th Smt. Krishna Khaitan Yonex-Sunrise All India Junior (U-19) Ranking Badminton Tournament 2022 at Multipurpose Hall, Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Panchkula, Haryana. In a tough match Sakshi Phogat fought for 49 minutes before emerging winner by 21-5 18-21 21-9.

Shriyanshi Valishetty (TS) caused a mild upset by beating 10th seed Neysa Cariappa A. (KTK) 21-19 21-23 21-7 in a well-contested first round match in the main draw. The match lasted 56 minutes. Riddhima Raturi of Haryana put up a good fight to 12th seeded Hrissha Dubey of Manarashtra who won by 21-19 16-21 22-20 in 56 minutes encounter. Results: GS U19 (Ist round of 64): Sakshi Phogat (RAJ)[1] bt A Bhonsle Driti (TS) 21-5 18-21 21-9, Jahnavi Nammi (AP) bt Stuti Agrawal (DLI) 21-13 21-13, Shreya Lele (GUJ)[9] bt Adita Rao (GUJ) 21-16 11-21 21-19, Rijul Saini (HAR) bt Meenal Rautela (DLI)21-13 21-9, Unnati Hooda (HAR)[5] bt Durga Isha Kandrapu (AP) 21-13 21-9, Tanvi Sharma (PNB) bt Raksha Kandasamy (MAH) 22-20 21-11, Shriyanshi Valishetty (TS) bt Neysa Cariappa A. (KTK) [10] 21-19 21-23 21-7.

Samayara Panwar (UP) (bt) Tanisha Singh (RAJ) 21-11 21-14, Devika Sihag (HAR)[3] bt Gloria Athavale (KTK) V. 19-21 21-10 21-19, Rashmitha Donepudi (AP) bt Reshika U. (TN) 21-16 21-18, Hrissha Dubey (MAH)[12] bt Riddhima Raturi (HAR) 21-19 16-21 22-20, Isharani Baruah (ASM) bt Aesha Gandhi (GUJ) 21-13 21-17, Rakshitha Sree S. (TN)[6] bt Anmol Kharb (HAR) 21-19 22-20, Tanoo Chandra (CG) bt Jiya Rawat (HAR) 21-8 21-11, Chitwan Khatri (HAR) bt Mili Verma16 21-11 19-21 21-15, Awantika Pandey (UTR) bt Hashini S. (TN) 21-9 21-13, Pavithra Naveen (KER) bt Suniti (DLI) 21-14 21-8, Hiral Chouhan (CG)[11] bt Zainab Saeed (DLI) 19-21 22-20 21-19, Muskan Sangwan (HAR) bt Mahnoor Kaur (PNB) 21-15 21-16, Gargi Gargi (UP) bt Riya Habbu7 21-17 21-19, Karnika Sree S. (KTK) bt Flora Engineer (GUJ) 21-12 17-21 21-11.

Tiya Dabas (DLI) bt Shreya Balaji13 16-21 21-18 21-19, Tara Shah (MAH) bt Gayathri Rani Jaiswal (KTK) 21-19 21-11, Akanksha Matte (AP)[4] bt Priyanka Pant (MP) 17-21 21-12 21-17, Rutvi Baloni (GUJ) bt Praveena S. (TN) 21-12 18-21 21-13, Methini V.D. (TN) bt Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye14 21-17 17-21 21-15, Prashansa Bonam (TS) bt Aafreen Bishnoi (HAR) 21-19 21-18, Radhika Sharma (PNB)[8] bt Ayushi Bhat (KTK) 21-15 21-13, Taneesha Singh (UP) bt Ananya Durugkar (MAH) 21-10 21-16, Gayatri Rawat (UTR) bt Mounitha A.S.15 21-11 24-22, Sreshta Reddy K. (TS) bt Suman Sharma (RAJ) 21-16 21-13, Anupama Upadhyaya (HAR)[2] w/o ) Anushka Golash (DLI).