There have been major upsets in the men’s and women’s qualifying rounds. At the Yonex Sunrise VV Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament which is being organized by Poona District Metropolitan Badminton Association(PDMBA). The tournament was played at the PDMBA P.E. Society’s Modern Sports Complex, Sports Complex, Shivajinagar, PYC Hindu Gymkhana, COEP College, and Lakshmi Krida Badminton Courts.
Sanjay S Nair creates major shock
In the Men’s third round qualifying Kerala player Sanjay S. Nair did the impossible. He defeated 3rd seed Siddhartha Mishra of Uttar Pradesh 15-7 11-15 18-16. Another UP player Surya Pratap Singh upset seventh seed Talar Laa of Andaman and Nicobar 15-12 15-12.
In the Women’s event UP’s Taranjeet Kaur have shocked beating 4th seed Madhumita Narayan of Maharashtra 16-14 15-13. In the other game Tamilnadu’s Reeva Evangelin M toppled tenth seed Deepshika Neredimelli of Telangana 10-15 15-13 15-8. Karnataka’s Neysa Cariappa A ousted 25th seed Mayuri Barman of Assam 15-10 15-10, and made it to the third round of the qualications.
