Pune: Four upsets in final round qualifying at Late Sushant Chipalkatti Yonex Sunrise India Junior International Grand Prix Badminton Tournament
Pune, 27th August 2024: Unseeded Rajdev Tomar upset Daksh Haldar of Uganda 21-4 21-5 to enter the main draw at Late Sushant Chipalkatti Yonex Sunrise India Junior International Grand Prix Badminton Tournament which is being organized by Poona District Metropolitan Badminton Association sponsored by Yonex Sunrise 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 other upsets Bala Pranay Pragada knocked out fifth seed Niraj Keshri 21-16 21-11, Aaraadhya Sharma got past sixth seed Malaysian Selvarajah Shawn Rajah 21-11 21-11 while Akhil Reddy Bobba got better of eighth seed Vaibhav Mehra 21-14 21-6 to qualify for the singles main draw.
The tournament was inaugurated by Sunit Bhave, President of Pune Shramik Patrakar Sangh, Shashank Halbe, Senior Vice President of PDMBA, CA Ranjit Natu, Hon. Gen Secretary of the PDMBA, Prateek Gokhale of Ultra Corpotech Private Limited were present on the occasion.
Results: Final Qualifying Round: Boys:
Dhyan Santosh (Ind) bt Ajay Karthik Manchala(Ind) 21-13 21-19;
Bala Pranay Pragada (Ind) bt Niraj Keshri(Ind)[5] 21-16 21-11;
Aditya Tripathi (Ind) bt Praneeth Jalagam(Ind) 21-16 21-16;
Rajdev Tomar (Ind) bt Daksh Haldar(Uga)[4] 21-4 21-5;
Akhil Rao Suryaneni (Ind)bt Pravararchith Matam(Ind) 13-21 21-15 24-22;
Yang Chieh Dan (Tpe) bt Saharsh Santhosh Prabhu(Ind) 21-17 21-14;
Aaraadhya Sharma (Ind) bt Selvarajah Shawn Rajah(Mas)[6] 21-11 21-11;
Jangjeet Singh Kajla (Ind) bt Abhay Mahara(Nep) 21-10 21-13;
Maharishiel Timotius Gain (Ina) bt Divyansh Rawat(Ind) 21-17 21-9;
Malemnganba Singh Hemam (Ind)[7] bt Anirudh Kodali(Ind) 21-13 21-17;
Akhil Reddy Bobba (Ind) bt Vaibhav Mehra(Ind)[8] 21-14 21-6;
Abhishek Kurudimatt Kotresh (Ind) bt Dev Kumawat(Ind) 21-11 18-21 28-26;
Malhar Ghadi (Ind) bt Krishna Sharma(Ind) 21-23 21-18 21-14
