Five seeded players bite the dust in Pune Mayors Trophy badminton
PUNE: (Aug 26) As many as five upsets were recorded in the boys and girls events on the second day of the Pune Mayors Trophy India Junior International Grand Prix badminton tournament here on Wednesday.
In the girls’ singles, Adarshini Shri Boopathy Balaji registered a convincing 21-12 21-10 victory over sixth seed Radha Gadgil, while Dheeshitha Singha Gopinath also advanced with a fighting 19-21 21-14 13-8 retirement victory over seventh seed Haasana Sree Mallavarapu .
In the boys’ singles, unseeded Viren Seth overcame ninth seed Aswin Lenin Muthuraj 21-10 10-21 21-10 in a closely fought match, while Krish Dubey staged a strong comeback to defeat 12th seed Aarush Pawaskar 17-21 21-12 21-18.
Loading ...