Malvika, Mugdha enter second round in All India Junior Ranking Badminton tourney

NAGPUR:

Malvika Bansod

and

Mugdha Agrey

entered the second round in the All India Junior Ranking Badminton tournament at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on Wednesday.

Malvika, who won four rounds to enter the main draw, shocked fourth seed Unnati Bisht 21-19, 21-18 in the first round to advance to the second round in the U-17 girls' singles.

A student of

Centre Point School

Dabha, Malvika, who had reached quarterfinal in the previous meet at Bangalore, will take on

Riya Khatri

on Thursday.

Another promising city shuttler Mugdha qualified for the main draw in both U-19 girls singles and U-19 doubles with a brilliant effort.

The

LAD College

student also got rid of Unnati Bisht in the U-19 singles opening encounter in straight games. Mugdha will clash with second seed

Bhavya Rishi

of New Delhi on Thursday.

The pair of Mugdha and

Vaidehi Choudhari

will lock horns with fourth seeds

Maitreyee Khatri

and

Anagha Moghe

in the first round of U-19 girls' doubles.

Gargi Joshi

did well but lost in the final qualifying rounds of both U-17 and U-19 girls singles. Gargi and her partner

Aruni Chauhan

had main draw in the U-17 girls' doubles but since Aruni got injured in the last tournament at Bangalore, they had to withdraw from the event.

Rashi Lambe

, who had surprised everyone with a semifinal berth in the last week tourney at Bangalore, pulled out due to injury.

The other city shuttlers disappointed and crashed out in the qualifying rounds.

RESULTS
U-17 girls singles: Malvika Bansod bt 4-Unnati Bisht 21-19, 21-18.

U-19 girls singles: Mugdha Agrey bt Unnati Bisht 21-13, 21-16.