NEW DELHI: The women shuttlers shone bright but it turned out to be a mixed opening day for India in the individual events of the
Badminton Asia Junior Championships
at Jakarta on Wednesday.
Indian women shuttlers
Dipti Kutty
,
Medha Shashidharan
and Kavipriya Selvam moved into the next round after brushing aside easy opponents in their opening matches.
India No. 7 Dipti prevailed over Kazakh counterpart Aisha Zhumabek 21-18, 21-13. It was after two Indian pairs suffered losses - Srikrishna Sai and Srishti Jupudi and Orijit Chaliha and Preethi lost in mixed Doubles.
Medha Shashidharan then accounted for Iya Gordeyeva, also from Kazakhstan, with utmost ease (21-9, 21-10) and then Kavipriya Selvam put it across Myanmar's Seng Jar Nan 21-5, 21-8.
However, it was the Manipuri duo of Manjit Singh Khwairakpam and Dingku Singh Konthoujam who overshadowed the other Indian wins as they hang on by a thin thread to live another day in men doubles.
Manjit and Dingku put up a wonderful resistance to overcome their Indonesian rivals Muhammad C. Chaniago and Helmi Abu Hanifa 22-20, 23-21.
In men's singles, India No. 3 Kiran George, seeded 16, kept his date with destiny outlasting Malaysian Chong King Ling 24-22, 21-16.
However, Aman Farogh Sanjay lost his first-round to tenth seed Indonesian, Karono Karono 16-21, 21-16, 17-21 after a good fight.
Results:Men Singles: Kiran George bt Chong King Ling 24-22, 21-16; Aman Farogh Sanjay lost to Karono Karono (INA) 16-21, 21-16, 17-21.
Women Singles: Dipti Kutty bt Aisha Zhumabek (Kaz) 21-18, 21-13; Medha Shashidharan bt Iya Gordeyeva (Kaz) 21-9, 21-10; Kavipriya Selvam bt Seng Jar Nan (MMR) 21-5, 21-8.
Women Doubles: Nafeesah Sara Siraj/Medha Shashidaran lost to Guo Lizhi/Yijing Li (CHN) 9-21, 18-21.
Mixed Doubles: Srikrishna Sai Kumar/Srishti Jupudi lost to Muhammad Juan Elgiffani/Windi Siti Mulyani (INA) 21-17, 13-21, 15-21; Orijit Chaliha/Preerthi Konadam lost to Lin Yu Chieh/Cheng Yu Pei 15-21, 18-21; Edwin Joy/Nafeesah S. Sriraj lost to Wu Guan Xun/Teng Chun Hsun17-21, 13-21.
Men Doubles: Manjit Singh/Dingku Singh bt Mhod. C Chaniago/H.A. Hanifa (INA) 22-20, 23-21.
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