National Badminton Championships: Unnati Hooda Sinks Akanksha Matte, Tanvi Sharma Downs Shaina Manimuthu

National Badminton Championships: Unnati Hooda Sinks Akanksha Matte, Tanvi Sharma Downs Shaina Manimuthu Top-seeded Unnati got the better of wildcard Matte 21-8, 21-18, while Tanvi opened her campaign with a 21-10, 21-14 win over Manimuthu. Rising shuttlers Unnati Hooda, Tanvi Sharma, Rounak Chauhan, and Sanskar Saraswat secured convincing victories to advance in the 87th Senior National Badminton Championships on Wednesday. Top seed Unnati, who had a bye in the first round, easily defeated wildcard entrant Akanksha Matte 21-8, 21-18. World junior championships silver medallist Tanvi began her campaign with a 21-10, 21-14 win over Asian U-15 girls’ singles gold medallist Shaina Manimuthu. Recommended Stories Guwahati Masters Super 100 champion Sanskar started his campaign with a 21-11, 21-13 win over Shikhar Rallan in men’s singles. Also advancing to the next round was the experienced Aakarshi Kashyap, who defeated Asian U-17 championships silver medallist Lakshya Rajesh 21-7, 21-9. Ashmita Chaliha triumphed over Kavya Marvaniya 21-7, 21-11. Purva Barve, seeded 16th, was the only seeded player to be eliminated, losing 21-19, 17-21, 18-21 against M Meghana Reddy in the round of 64. In the men’s singles event, 11th seed Chauhan defeated Ranveer Singh 21-9, 21-13, while 12th seed D S Saneeth beat Ankit Mondal 21-7, 21-11 to secure their spots in the next round. (With Inputs From Agencies) Click here to add News18 as your preferred news source on Google. Cricket News , Live Cricket Scores , and trending updates, along with top stories across Sports News , Football News , WWE News , and other Sporting Events . Follow News18 on Google . Join the fun, play games on News18 . Download the News18 App to stay updated! News sports badminton National Badminton Championships: Unnati Hooda Sinks Akanksha Matte, Tanvi Sharma Downs Shaina Manimuthu Terms of Use and Privacy Policy .

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