Bhavya Rishi of India wore down her Indonesian rival Sima Fatma Kusuma in three games but then lost in the second qualifying round of the women's singles at the USD 15,000 Tata Open International Badminton Challenge here today.
Bhavya, the best girl player at the 24th Krishna Khaitan Memorial all India Juniors held in Chandigarh in October, won the 52-minute battle against her Indonesian opponent 21-19 20-22 21-12.
The 16-year-old Delhi school girl, who idolises world no. 2 Saina Nehwal and is a trainee at the Prakash Padukone Academy in Bengaluru, later lost to compatriot Mugdha Agrey 16-21 6-13 (retired) to make way for the latter to enter the women's singles round of 32.
Shreyanshi Pardeshi, another up and coming shuttler, survived a three-game battle to put it across another Indonesian girl, Guniarti Rafika Mutiara in 30 minutes.
Shreyanshi won 13-21 21-14 21-11 to enter the second qualifying round where she outclassed compatriot Harika Veludurthi in two games to enter the round of 32.
However, Vaishnavi Kaari was not as lucky and lost in three games to Indonesia's Erlina Kurnianti after a 56-minute tussle.
Apart from Shreyanshi and Mugdha, the other Indian girls who got into the main draw were Mayuri Yadav, Vaishnavi Bhale and Anura Prabhudesai.
Thirteen Indian boys also won the first qualifying round and leading the list was Ashish Sharma who got the better of Jin Lei Chuang of Singapore 20-22 21-13 21-13 in 50 minutes.
The others were K Ajay Kumar, Kabir Kanzarkar, Oscar Bansal, Siddharth Jakhar, Ansal Yadav, Talar Laa, Ketan Chahal, C Rohit Yadav, Arun Kumar Ashok, Harshit Aggarwal, Sachin Rawat and Chirag Sen.
Later Ajay Kumar ousted Kanzarkar, Bansal accounted for Jakhar and Yadav got past Laa to enter the men's main draw commencing tomorrow.
Qualification round results (all from India unless
stated otherwise):
Women's singles 1st round: Mayuri Yadav w/o Nisha Karamchand, Bhavya Rishi bt Sima Fatma Kusuma (Indonesia) 21-19 20-22 21-12; Mugdha Agrey w/o Anusha Nayak; Pooja Mudaliar bt Teenu Dahiya 21-12 21-15; Azisah Syafitri Nur (Indonesia) bt Amolika Singh Sisodiya 21-15 21-18; Vaishnavi Bhale bt Preethi Konadam 21-8 21-6; Anura Prabhudesai bt Austin Cindy Pratiwi (Indonesia) 2-13 21-12; Karishma Wadkar bt Bhakti Sahasahasra 21-16 21-13; Erlina Kurnianti (Indonesia) bt Vaishnavi Kaari 21-3 10-21 21-13; Shreyanshi Pardeshi bt Guniarti Rafika Mutiara (Indonesia) 13-21 21-14 21-11; Harika Veludurthi bt Archana Bera 21-6 21-8; Ira Sharma bt Prabhjyot Kaur 21-3 21-2.
Women's singles (2nd round): Mayuri Yadav bt Seema Panchal 21-9 21-12; Mugdha Agrey bt Bhavya Rishi 21-16 13-6 (retd), Ren-Ne Ong (Singapore) bt Pooja Mudaliar 21-15 21-12; Vaishnavi Bhale bt Azisah Syafitri Sur (Indonesia) 21-19 21-15, Erlina Kurnianti (Indonesia) bt Pramada V 21-10 21-11; Shreyanshi Pardeshi bt Harika Velduruthi 21-17 21-16; Chun Yi Deline Quek (Singapore) bt Ira Sharma 21-19 15-21 21-16.
Men's singles first round: K Ajay Kumar bt Karan Rajan Rajarajan 21-17 10-21 21-14; Kabir Kanzarkar w/o Manish Gupta; Oscar Bansal bt Muhammad Elaf Wei Tan (Indonesia) 21-11 21-14; Siddharth Jakhar bt Deepak Khatri 21-18 21-10; Ansal Yadav bt Utkarsh Arora 21-11 22-20; Talar Laa w/o Aazad Yadav; Ketan Chahal bt Ameya Oak 21-8 21-13; Satheishtharan R (Malaysia) bt Satinder Malik 21-19 21-13; C Rohit Yadav bt Love Kumar 21-13 21-8; Arun Kumar Ashok bt P Vikas Harsha Kumar 21-12 21-9; Farid Pramadita Gunawan (Indonesia) bt Ming Shun Tan (Singapore) 21-18 21-18; Ashish Sharma bt Jin Lei Chuang (Singapore) 20-22 21-13 21-13; Harshit Aggarwal bt Vipul Saini 21-8 21-7; Sachin Rawat bt Nigel D'Sa 21-18 21-18; Chirag Sen bt Rajat Rathore 22-20 21-11.
Men's singles (2nd round): K Ajay Kumar bt Kabir Kanzarkar 21-16 21-19; Oscar Bansal bt Siddharth Jakhar 21-17 17-21 21-8. Ansal Yadav bt Talar Laa 21-5, 21-4.
