Second seed Ayush Shetty and top seed Aakarshi Kashyap advanced to the pre-quarters in the 2024 Senior National Badminton Championship at the KBA courts in Bengaluru on Saturday.
Shetty clinched a comfortable 21-12, 21-13 victory over Tamil Nadu’s S. Kishore while Kashyap eased past Uttar Pradesh’s Taranjeet Kaur 21-14, 21-8.
The 19-year-old shuttler from the Railways had defeated Punjab’s Shikhar Rallan 21-14, 21-6 in a R64 clash earlier in the day. He had lost to Karnataka’s S. Bhargav in the team championship final two days ago.
The 23-year-old from Chattisgarh clinched a 19-21, 21-12, 21-13 victory in a three-game thriller over Taranjeet with her deceptive half-smashes and delicate dribbles.
2024 Senior National Badminton Championship Results
Round of 32
Men: K. Sathish Kumar (TN) bt Ajay Nair (Ker) 21-9, 21-12; Ayush Shetty (Rly) bt S. Kishore (TN) 21-12, 21-13; Manraj Singh (Har) bt S. Bhargav (Kar) 21-11, 21-13; Rounak Chouhan (Chg) bt D.S. Saneeth (Kar) 21-11, 21-16; S. Rithvik Sanjeevi (TN) bt Chirag Sen (Rly) 12-21, 21-19, 21-15; Mithun Manjunath (Rly) bt Samarveer (Chd) 18-21, 21-17, 21-15; M. Raghu (Kar) bt Pranay Katta (Raj) 21-18, 18-21, 21-13; Sanskar Saraswat (Raj) bt Arya Bhivpathaki (Mah) 21-16, 21-15; Lakshay Sharma (Pun) bt Tushar Suveer (Kar) 12-21, 21-14, 21-18.
Women: Aakarshi Kashyap (Chg) bt Taranjeet Kaur (UP) 21-14, 21-8; Anmol Kharb (Har) bt Krishika Mahajan (J&K) 21-14, 21-14; Tanvi Sharma (Pun) bt Swati Solanki (MP) 21-12, 21-8; Adita Rao (Guj) bt Sadhana Fenelon (TN) 21-8, 16-21, 21-12; Tasnim Mir (Guj) bt Medhavi Nagar (Har) 19-21, 21-10, 21-13; Isharani Baruah (Asm) bt Navya Kanderi (AP) 21-13, 21-15; Devika Sihag (Har) bt K. Sreshta Reddy (Tel) 21-19, 24-22; Mansi Singh (UP) bt K. Vennala (Tel) 21-15, 21-19; Anupama Upadhyaya (Del) bt Ilishaa Pal (Kar) 20-22, 21-16, 21-8; Aalisha Naik (Mah) bt S. Sneha (Kar) 21-18, 21-10.