Harpal Singh Bedi / New Delhi
Promising shuttler Sai Charan Koya stunned top seed Syabda Perkasa Belawa (Indonesia) and along with compatriots Maisnam Meiraba Luwang and Priyanshu Rajawat moved into the e pre-quarter-finals of the Yonex Dutch Junior International Haarlem, Netherlands .
As per the information received here, in the girls section, Samiya Imad Farooqui, Smit Toshniwal and Treesa Jolly fell by the way side. While 15-year old Gayatri Gopichand. Made it to the pre-quarters.
Sai Charan Koya, who hails from Andhra Pradesh needed 38 minutes to prevail Belawa 21-11, 21-19..
Manipur’s Meiraba registered a strong 21-13, 21-16 victory over the ninth seed Ernesto Baschwitz while Rajawat emerged a fluent 21-14, 21-12 winner over the 13thseed Miguel San Luis (Spain).
Gayatri Gopichand. staved off a stiff resistance from the 10th seeded Amy Tan in the first game and then ran away in the second to secure a 21-17, 21-12 win.
2017 Asian Junior Championships U-15 gold medallist Farooqui was beaten 18-21, 15-21 by the fourth seed Anastasiia Shapovalova while the 12th seeded Toshniwal was ousted by Korea’s Hye Jin Choi d 21-18, 12-21, 17-21. Treesa Jolly lost to the 16th seeded So Yul Lee, falling 13-21, 10-21.
The boys’ doubles team of Navaneeth Bokka and Vishnu Vardhan Goud Panjala were the only Indian doubles pair to win on Day 3 of this Junior International Grand Prix event as the Indian challenge got over in girls’ doubles.
Bokka and Panjala, both hailing from Telengana, outlasted the French combine of Clement Allain and Cyprien Samson 21-10, 21-9 to enter the pre-quarter-finals while Ishaan Bhatnagar and Edwin Joy, went down to Joon Young Kim and Min Woo Noh. 9-21, 15-21.
In the girls’ doubles section, Treesa Jolly and Varshini Viswanath Sri were shown the door by Danes Natasja P Anthonisen and Clara Graversen 10-21, 21-16, 12-21.