Odisha Open badminton: Malvika Bansod, Ashmita Chaliha into second round
Malvika Bansod beat Srivedya Gurazada in straight games while Ashmita Chaliha and Tasnim Mir won in three games. Gayatri Gopichand also progressed.
Young Indian badminton players Malvika Bansod, Ashmita Chaliha and junior world No. 1 Tasnim Mir advanced to the second round of the women’s singles at the Odisha Open 2022 badminton tournament on Wednesday.
Malvika Bansod, who lost to PV Sindhu in the Syed Modi International final last week, faced no trouble in a 21-16, 21-11 win over Srivedya Gurazada.
She will next face Tasnim Mir, who came from a game down to beat compatriot Keyura Mopati 13-21, 21-14, 21-19.
The impressive Ashmita Chaliha, who made the quarter-finals at the season-opening India Open, also dropped a game but beat Sai Uttejitha Rao Chukka 21-12, 12-21, 21-17. She will face Anupama Upadhyaya next.
However, Aditi Bhatt - who played for India in the Uber Cup last year - was eliminated after a 19-21, 21-10, 13-21 loss to Ishika Jaiswal.
In the men’s singles, veteran Subhankar Dey beat Jagadeesh Kalaga 21-18, 21-10 while Chirag Sen, who is the elder brother of world championships medallist Lakshya Sen, beat Ravi 21-14, 21-19.
Commonwealth Games bronze medallist RMV Gurusaidutt meanwhile was ousted after he lost 21-13, 21-17 to Kaushal Dharmamer.
Gayatri Gopichand, the daughter of national coach Pullela Gopichand, and her women’s doubles partner Treesa Jolly, also progressed after a routine 21-3, 21-6 win over Manidipa Dey and Uthsava Palit.
Gayatri/Treesa had made the final of the Syed Modi International last week.