Malvika marches ahead; Ritika, Rohan, Sudhanshu advance in doubles

NAGPUR: Ritika Thaker and Rohan Gurbani suffered shock defeats but Malvika Bansod impressed with her versatility in the All India Sub-Junior (U-13 and U-15) Ranking Badminton tournament at Gulbarga, Karnataka, on Friday.
Malvika, a student of Centre Point School, Dabha, marched ahead in both U-15 girls singles and U-15 girls doubles to book her place in the quarterfinals.Seventh seed made mincemeat of Karnataka’s Richa Muktibodh 21-13, 21-10 in the second round.
Southpaw Malvika and Shivani Pathi dismissed Mrunmayee Deshpande and Ramsha Farooqui 21-12, 21-19 to set up quarterfinal clash against third seeds Gayatri Gopichand Pullela and Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka. Third seed Ritika was uspet by unseeded Amolika Singh in straight games. However, top seeds Ritika and Simran Singhi sailed into the U-15 girls doubles quarters. Ritika-Simran will take on SS Lakshmi Priyanka and V Nila for a place in the semifinal.
Both Rohan Gurbani and Sudhanshu Bhure advanced in the U-15 boys doubles with their respective partners. Aditi Sadhankar and Nikkita Joseph had qualified for the U-13 girls doubles main draw but they gave walkover to KM Sivapriya and R Mounika in the first round.
RESULTS
U-15 boys singles: Rohan Gurbani lost to 6-Varun Trikha 18-21, 10-21.
U-15 boys doubles: 7-Rohan Gurbani-Priyanshu Rajawat bt Arjun Mehta-Varun Trikha 12-21, 21-13, 21-19; Sudhanshu Bhure-Bhavin Karamchandani bt Vardhan Palod-Yash Shah 21-15, 21-17.
U-15 girls singles: 7-Malvika Bansod bt Richa Muktibodh 21-13, 21-10; 3-Ritika Thaker lost to Amolika Singh 16-21, 18-21.
U-15 girls doubles: 1-Ritika Thaker-Simran Singhi bt Ananya Praveen-Medha Shashidharan 21-17, 21-8; Malvika Bansod-Shivani Pathi bt Mrunmayee Deshpande-Ramsha Farooqui 21-12, 21-19.