Rohan reaches quarters in National Sub-Junior badminton

NAGPUR: Rohan Gurbani outclassed Tonmoy Bikash Boruah of Assam in straight games to storm into the U-13 boys singles quarterfinal in the All India Sub-Junior Open Ranking badminton tournament at Bhagalpur (Bihar) on Friday.
Sixth seed Rohan, who recently won state title at Nashik, steamrolled Boruah 21-14, 21-13 to book his place in the last eight.
However, his practice partner Sudhanshu Bhure lost in the pre-quarters against fifth seed Pavan Krishna Thokala of Andhra Pradesh 13-21, 13-21.
Sudhanshu on Thursday had upset ninth seed T Chetia of Assam in three games. In the second round on Friday morning, Sudhanshu defeated Jotishman Chaudhary of Assam 23-21, 21-19.
In the U-13 boys doubles, Sudhanshu-Rohan, students of Centre Point School, Katol Road, shocked seventh seeds Harsh Arora and Jayant Rana 21-18, 21-18 to enter the quarters.
It was disappointment for thirteenth seed Ritika Thaker and eleventh seed Malvika Bansod as the bowed out in the third round of the U-15 girls singles. While Ritika lost to fourth seed A Akshita, Malvika went down against eighth seed Aruni Chauhan.
Another city girl Arya Anchalwar, also went down fighting against 13th seed Megha Pothamsethy of AP 22-24, 21-18, 20-22 in the U-13 singles second round.
Ritika and her Mumbai Suburban partner Simran Singhi have reached the U-15 girls doubles quarterfinals. Fourth seeds Ritika-Simran trounced CV Ramya and Dhaarini Ravi Kumar 21-11, 21-19 in the second round. They will now take on Janhvi Khanna and Devarshi Sanghvi for a spot in the semis on Saturday.