Rohan, Aditi-Nikkita fail to clear quarter-final hurdles at sub-junior nationals

NAGPUR: It was a disappointing day for the city shuttlers in the 30th Sub Junior National Badminton Championship at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, on Sunday.
Second seed and hot favourite to win the title after the early ouster of top seed, Rohan Gurbani was surprised by sixth seed Priyanshu Rajawat in the U-15 boys singles quarter-final. The Madhya Pradesh shuttler Priyanshu defeated Rohan 21-16, 21-11 in 22 minutes.
Rohan, a Standard VIII student of Centre Point School, Katol Road, was completely off-colour while playing against Priyanshu, a trainee of Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy.
The top seeded pair of M Meghana Reddy and Tasnim Mir halted the impressive victory march of city duo Aditi Sadhankar and Nikkita Joseph. In the U-13 girls doubles quarters, Meghana and Tasnim overcame the tough challenge of fifth seeds Aditi-Nikkita 21-11, 19-21, 21-14 in a battle which lasted for 30 minutes.