Lakshay Sharma, a 19-year-old badminton player from Ludhiana, has made an impressive start. Reaching the pre-quarterfinals in men’s singles at the Senior National Badminton Championship. It is now taking place in Bengaluru. This competition has up to 128 players from across the country, including seeded ones. Lakshay, a protégé of his father Mangat Rai Sharma. A NIS-qualified national coach advanced directly from the North Zone to the tournament.
He exhibited his excellent talents and potential. Despite playing without support, Lakshay’s love and dedication to the sport have propelled him to this incredible accomplishment. In the first round in Bengaluru, Lakshay defeated 13th seed Sai Charan Koya in straight sets, 21-19, 21-17. In the second match, Lakshay defeated Uttar Pradesh’s Shantanu Sharma 21-10, 22-20. During the third round, he outwitted Karnataka’s Tushar Suveer 12-21, 21-14 and 21-18. To advance to the knockout stage.
In the pre-quarterfinals, however, Lakshay was unable to match his opponent, Sanskar Sarswat of Rajasthan, losing 21-23, 17-21 to quit the game. The top six women’s singles seeds, including defending champion Anmol Kharb, were eliminated from the Senior National Badminton Championships here on Sunday in the pre-quarterfinal round. Anmol, who recently advanced to the finals of the Guwahati Masters Super 100 competition, was upset by 12th seed Shriyanshi Valishetty 21-12, 21-15.
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While 16th seed Tasnim Mir defeated top seed Aakarshi Kashyap 21-19, 21-17. On the other courts, 15th seed Shreya Lele continued her outstanding run in Bengaluru, rallying from a game down to defeat past champion and second seed Anupama Upadhaya 13-21, 21-18, 21-14. Devika Sihag, the 13th seed, held her calm to overcome fourth seed and last edition runner-up Tanvi Sharma 21-19, 21-18, while unseeded Rujula Ramu accounted for the fifth seed.
Mansi Singh won 21-19, 20-22, 21-13, while 14th seed Sakshi Phogat defeated sixth seed Adita Rao 21-18, 21-19. Seventh seed Isharani Baruah, who defeated the promising Rakshita Sree S 23-21, 21-19, is the highest seed remaining in the last eight and will face Tasnim Mir in the quarterfinals. Ayush Shetty, a former world junior championship bronze medalist and second-seed.
