City players outshine themselves at badminton championship

Kanpur: City players Naman, Nikhil, Prakhar, Aryan, Abhinandan Prateek and Devditya began their journey with a win in Yonex Sunrise First Junior U-19 major badminton championship for Ganesha Eco Cup being played here at badminton hall at Green Park stadium on Thursday.
Naman Yadav outplayed Ankush Chaturvedi of Kaushambi by 30-26, Nikhil Pal beat Swar Yadav of Unnao by 30-15, Abhinandan Tripathi beat Faizan Ali of Banda by 30-14, Aryan Singh defeated Dhananjay Singh (Meerut) in a tough encounter by 30-28, Prateek Chaturvdi beat Manik Singh (Lucknow) by 30-26, Prakhar Maurya beat Rishabh Raj (Lucknow) by 30-16 and Dev Aditya Gupta drubbed Sumit yadav (Gazipur) by 30-28 and sailed into next round.
Earlier in the morning, chief guest Sudhir Kumar chief development officer, Neelesh Dwivedi, Director general State Bank of India and Bharat Sajnani CS Ganesha Ecosphere ltd and Mudrika Pathak, deputy director , sports directorate, inaugurated the four-day tournament. They were introduced with 221 players from all over the state. A K Agarwal (President), Susheel Gupta DP Singh and other office bearers of Kanpur Badminton Association welcomed the guests.
The other results were:
Girls: Saanvika Gupta beat Riddhima Chaubey 30-22, Kajal Mishra got walkover against Rida Tandon, Janvi Singh got walkover against Sana Sultan. Siddhi Jain beat Sakshi Sirohi 30-8, Reshu bt Anshika Sharma 30-3, Ashlesha Sharma beat Kartika Pandey by 30-3. Siddhi Jha got walkover against Isha Verma, Shreya Singh beat Sunaina Gupta 30-10, Aditi Mishra got walkover against Sukriti Mishra Ishita Gangwar beat Samridhi Pacheriwala 30-23.
Boys: Kartik Tyagi (Kanpur) beat Kanhaiya Gupta (Banda) 30-12, Ayush Pankaj (Shahjahanpur) beat Kushagra Yadav (Badayun) 30-11, Devendra Singh (Lalitpur) beat Nishant Thakur (Kanpur) 30-14, Bhumesh Utrani (Lucknow) beat Ayush Tiwari (Unnao) 30-18.