Aakarshi & Kaushal keep Indian hopes alive in Singles


Aakarshi Kashyap and Kaushal Dharmamer have kept India’s hopes alive, as both of them entered the semi finals of Infosys Foundation India International Challenge badminton tournament , which is played a CCI , Mumbai. While Aakarshi kashyap beat Tanishq Mamilla Palli also from India in straight  games in quarter finals of Women’s singles, Kushal Dharmamer beat NG Tze Yong of Malaysia 21-17,21-17 to enter semi finals.

India has also some hopes in doubles events, as two Indian pairs namely, M.R.Arjun+ Maneesha K and  ATTRI Manu+ REDDY B. Sumeeth  entered the semi finals of Mixed doubles and men’s doubles respectively.

Results of all Quarter Final Matches of Friday are as follows:  

XD          QF                          M.R. ARJUN+MANEESHA K (IND)[4]beat              (IND) Shivam SHARMA+Rutaparna PANDA                21-18 21-15

                XD          QF                          CHIA Weijie+TAN Pearly Koong Le (MAS)beat    (THA) C. CHAROENKITAMORN+C. KOREPAP                14-21 23-21 21-18

XD          QF                          Rodion ALIMOV+Alina DAVLETOVA (RUS)[1]beat             (MAS) MAN Wei Chong+TEOH Mei Xing       21-16 14-21 21-16

XD          QF                          HOO Pang Ron+CHEAH Yee See (MAS)[2]beat   (IND) Siddharth JAKHAR+Deeksha CHOUDHARY      21-8 21-8

WS         QF                          Benyapa AIMSAARD (THA)beat                 (IND) Ashmita CHALIHA[8]           21-16 21-15         3

WS         QF                          THET HTAR Thuzar (MYA)[3]beat              (THA) Nuntakarn AIMSAARD      11-21 21-18 21-17

WS         QF                          Aakarshi KASHYAP (IND)beat     (IND) Tanishq MAMILLA PALLI   21-16 21-14

WS         QF                          Porntip BURANAPRASERTSUK (THA)[1]beat        (IND) Malvika BANSOD  21-16 22-20

                MS         QF                          Xiaodong SHENG (CAN)[5]beat                 (IND) Priyanshu RAJAWAT           21-18 21-19

MS         QF                          Kantawat LEELAVECHABUTR (THA)beat                 (IND) Kartikey GULSHAN KUMAR             21-17 15-21 21-10

MS         QF                          Kaushal DHARMAMER (IND)beat              (MAS) NG Tze Yong        21-17 21-17

MS         QF                          Adulrach NAMKUL (THA)[7]beat               (IND) Ajay JAYARAM[2]                21-19 21-19

WD        QF                          TAN Pearly Koong Le+THINAAH Muralitharan (MAS)beat              (IND) Aparna BALAN+Treesa JOLLY     21-9, 21-8

MD         QF                          LOW Hang Yee+NG Eng Cheong (MAS)beat         (THA) Supak JOMKOH+Pakin KUNA-ANUVIT

WD        QF                          S. CHAIKITTIWAT+S. PAEWSAMPRAN (THA)beat               (THA) C. KOREPAP+K. SUDJAIPRAPARAT[4]

WD        QF                          TEOH Mei Xing+YAP Ling (MAS)beat       (IND) MANEESHA K+Rutaparna PANDA

WD         QF                          Ekaterina BOLOTOVA+Alina DAVLETOVA (RUS)[1]beat   (THA) Benyapa AIMSAARD+Nuntakarn AIMSAARD

MD         QF                          CHEN Tang Jie+CHOONG Hon Jian (MAS)beat     (USA) Phillip CHEW+Ryan CHEW[2]

MD         QF                          ATTRI Manu+REDDY B. Sumeeth (IND)[1]beat    (IND) KONA Tarun+Shivam SHARMA

MD         QF                          Chaloempon CHAROENKITAMORN+Kittisak NAMDASH (THA)     beat (THA) R. OUPTHONG+N. YORDPHAISONG

( MS: Men’s Singles; WS: Women’s Singles; MD: Men’s Doubles; WD : women’s Doubles, XD : Mixed Doubles)