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Top Seeds Advance at 87th Senior National Badminton Championships as Purva Barve Exits Early

A BAI release detailed commanding opening-round wins in Vijayawada, setting up later-stage clashes.

Overview

  • Women's top seed Unnati Hooda defeated wildcard Akanksha Matte 21-8, 21-18 after a first-round bye.
  • World junior silver medallist Tanvi Sharma opened with a 21-10, 21-14 win over Asian U-15 champion Shaina Manimuthu.
  • Aakarshi Kashyap beat Lakshya Rajesh 21-7, 21-9, and Ashmita Chaliha overcame Kavya Marvaniya 21-7, 21-11 to reach the next round.
  • In men’s singles, 11th seed Rounak Chauhan beat Ranveer Singh 21-9, 21-13, 12th seed D S Saneeth ousted Ankit Mondal 21-7, 21-11, and Sanskar Saraswat defeated Shikhar Rallan 21-11, 21-13.
  • The round produced a notable upset as 16th seed Purva Barve lost to M Meghana Reddy 21-19, 17-21, 18-21 in the round of 64.