Top seed Aakash in quarters

 Top seed Aakash Yadav from Delhi earned a hard fought 17-21, 21-9, 21-12 win over unseeded Priyanshu Rajawat in the boys’ under-15 category to progress to the quarterfinals of the All India sub-junior ranking badminton tournament here on Friday.

In the pre-quarters of the under-15 girls’ section, unseeded Amolika Singh defeated third seed Ritika Thaker of Maharashtra 21-16, 21-18.

Results (Round of 16): Singles: Boys: U-15: Aakash Yadav (Dli) bt Priyanshu Rajawat (MP) 17-21, 21-9, 21-12; Varun Trikha (Har) bt Vikas Yadav (Dli) 21-7, 21-9; Akash Thakur (Bhr) bt Sarath D (AP) 21-17, 20-22, 21-15; Pranay R (AP) bt Siddhant Salar (UP) 21-12, 21-11; Tukum Laa (ANP) bt Yash Shah (Mah) 21-9, 21-16; Pavan Krishna Thokala (AP) bt Anish Chandra J (TS) 21-15, 21-18; Maisnam Meiraba (MNP) bt Bhavin Karamchandani (Guj) 21-7, 21-9; Mohit Goury (Har) bt Abhiram Reddy (AP) 21-8, 14-21, 21-12.

U-13: Jayant Rana (Har) bt Prateek Srivastava (UP) 21-15, 21-15; Punshiba Yengkhom (MNP) bt Varun Dave (Mah) 21-11, 21-16; Vikas Yadav (Dli) bt Shubham Patel (Raj) 21-16, 23-21; Sanjeeva Rao Relly (AP) bt Sai Vishnu Pullela (TS) 16-21, 21-9, 21-14; Pranav Rao Gandham (TS) bt Khajamoinuddin Shaik (AP) 21-17, 21-13; Chayanit Joshi (Utk) bt Siddhanth Gupta (TN) 21-18, 21-19; Bidyasagar Salam (MNP) bt Balkeshwari Yadav (UP) 21-17, 21-10; Arshad Shaik (AP) bt Rithvik Sanjeevi S (TN) 18-21, 21-17, 21-11.

Girls: U-15: Aakarshi Kashyap (CG) bt Drithi Yatheesh (Ktk) 21-19, 21-18; Samiya Farooqui Imad (TS) bt Kavipriya S (PY) 21-16, 21-18; Amolika Singh (UP) bt Ritika Thaker (Mah) 21-16, 21-18; Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (TS) bt Unnati Bisht (Utk) 21-16, 21-14; Malvika Bansod (Mah) bt Richa Muktibodh (Ktk) 21-13, 21-10; Trisha Hegde (Ktk) bt Ramsha Farooqui (Mah) 21-16 21-7; Smit Toshniwal (Mah) bt Sanashree Dhamdhere (Mah) 21-14, 21-11; Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka (TS) bt Uthsava Palit (WB) 21-13, 21-12.

U-13: Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (TS) bt Abhilasha A (AP) 21-11, 21-17; Aarya Deshpande (Mah) bt Aashi Rawat(Dli) 9-21, 21-11, 21-9; Aditi Bhatt (Dli) bt Treesa Jolly (Ker) 21-13, 16-21, 21-8; Kavipriya S (PY) bt Rudra Rane (Mah) 21-2, 21-10; Mansi  (UP) bt Bhargavi K (TS) 21-15, 21-10; Ruhi Raju (TS) bt Durva Gupta (Dli) 21-18, 21-13; Sneha Rajwar (Utk) bt Prerana Alvekar, (Mah) 13-21, 21-11, 21-19; Samiya Farooqui Imad (TS) bt Pakiza Ullah (Asm) 21-7, 21-9.