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Nischita stuns Poonam

BANGALORE, JULY 27. Unseeded Karnataka junior, G.M. Nischita knocked out the third seed, Poonam Tiwari 2-11,11-8, 11-7 and entered the quarterfinals of the women's open singles in the 52nd all-India inter-Railway badminton championship at the Canara Union courts here today.

The results:

Men's singles: Pre-quarterfinals: Hemant Duggal (NR) bt Rakesh Gaur (NCR) 15-9, 15-2; B.R. Harish Kumar (Kar) w/o Mangrish Palekar (CR); Utsav Prakash (Kar) bt Vivek Sharma (NR) 15-3, 15-5; Arup Baidya (SCR ) bt B. Kiran Kumar (SCR) 15-8, 15-3; A. Pridhvi (SCR ) bt Sahil Arora (Pnb) 15-12, 15-9; Gaurav Singh Sivashi (NR) bt Vick Jaiswal (WR) 15-7, 15-4; Rohan Castelino (Kar) bt Mayank Behl (NR) 15-5, 15-11; Ravinder Singh (UP) bt Tanvir Gill (Del) 12-15, 15-8, 15-11.

First round: Hemant Duggal bt T.S. Bhist (NE) 15-3, 15-4; Rakesh Gaur bt Satwender Singh (NWR) 15-12, 15-13; B. Harish Kumar bt Tarun Chauhan (WR) 15-5, 15-4; Mangrish Palekar bt Kishan Gupta (NWR) 15-4, 15-6; Vivek Sharma w/o Mayur Ghatnekar; Utsav Prakash bt Adip Nayak (Kar) 15-12, 15-7; Arup Baidya bt Jai Singh (NR) 14-15, 15-13, 12-6 (conceded); B. Kiran Kumar bt Gajendra Singh (NR) 15-3, 15-6; Sahil Arora bt Digvijya Yadav (NER) 15-7, 15-3; A. Pridhvi (SCR) bt Anirban Mukherjee (ER) 15-8, 15-7; Vicky Jaiswal bt Ramnik Sharma (NR) 15-9, 15-10; Gaurav Singh Sivachi bt Jibi Verghese (SECR) 15-10, 12-15, 15-6; Rohan Castelino bt P.K. Vinay Dev (Kar) 15-3, 15-13; Mayank Behl bt Nimish Goel (WR) 15-9, 15-9; Tanvir Gill bt Yogesh Padukone (Kar) 15-2, 7-15, 15-4; Ravinder Singh bt T. Dinesh (SCR) 15-4, 15-5.

Women's singles (pre-quarterfinals): B.R. Meenakshi (PSPB) bt Sudipta Roy (ER) 11-1, 11-1; Neha Makhwna (WR) bt Parul Rawat (NR) 11-3, 13-10; Dhanya Nair (CR) bt Sampa Saha 11-5, 11-2; G.M. Nischita ( Kar) bt Poonam Tiwari (NR) 2-11, 11-8, 11-7; Swathi Chauhan (WR) bt Tanmoy Nandi (ER) 11-6, 11-8; Barnali Raha (ER) bt Sampada Ghatnekar (WR) 8-11, 11-7, 11-8; Deepthi Ranjan (NR) bt Abantika Deka (Asm) 11-5, 11-6; Palkan Nagori (WR) bt Amrita Mukherjee (ER) 11-0, 11-5.

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