Young shuttler Anmol Kharb. File
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Young shuttler Anmol Kharb continued to impress as she progressed to the women’s singles quarterfinals together with 4 different Indians within the Kazakhstan International Challenge in Astana on April 04.
Besides Anmol, in-form Devika Sihag, former nationwide champion Anupama Upadhaya, seventh seed Tanya Hemanth and Isharani Baruah additionally entered the final 8 in women’s singles.
Reigning senior nationwide champion Anmol, who performed a pivotal function within the Indian women’s crew successful an unprecedented gold on the Badminton Asia Team Championships in February, beat UAE’s Nurani Ratu Azzahra 21-11 21-7 within the second spherical.
The 17-year-old Anmol will face Japan’s Sorano Yoshikawa subsequent.
Sihag, who gained two worldwide problem titles out of the 4 finals that she reached this season, outwitted fourth-seeded Azerbaijan’s Keisha Fatimah Azzahra 21-12 21-12 to arrange a gathering with compatriot Anupama, who beat Czech Republic’s fifth seed Tereza Švabikova.
Seventh seed Tanya noticed off Israel’s Ksenia Polikarpova 21-11 21-18 and can subsequent sq. off in opposition to fellow Indian Isharani, who accounted for New Zealand’s Tiffany Ho 21-10 20-14.
Sihag gained the Swedish Open and Portugal International, whereas ending runner-up at Estonian International and Dutch International.
In males’s singles, Ravi, Bharat Raghav and Tharun Mannepalli progressed to the quarterfinals.
While Ravi defeated compatriot Manraj Singh 21-19 22-20, Bharat went previous Sai Charan Koya 21-13 21-17 and Tharun defeated S. Sankar Muthusamy 22-24 21-18 21-13 in an exhilarating contest.
Tharun will face native fourth seed Dmitriy Panarin, whereas Ravi and Bharat will face off within the subsequent spherical.
In blended doubles, the pairs of Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvija Shivani Gadde, Abhyuday Choudhary and Vaishnavi Khadkekar, Sanjai Srivatsa Dhanraj-Maneesha Ok, and Zhakuo Seyie and Alisha Khan additionally progressed to the quarterfinals.
Men’s doubles pair of Mohit Singh and Kevin Chaen Chhang Wong and women’s doubles pair of Harshitaa Rout and Sruti Swain additionally progressed to the quarterfinals.
