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Top seed knocked out

BANGALORE: Top seed Ajay Jayaram of Petroleum Sports Board suffered a shock 18-21, 20-22 defeat at the hands of H. S. Prannoy of Air India in the opening round of the All India Senior major ranking badminton tournament, at the KBA courts here on Sunday. Third and fourth seeds K. Tanishak and Mohit Kamat, of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka respectively, too endured a similar fate, failing at the first hurdle.

In the women's section, the biggest upset of the day was delivered by Jacqueline Rose Kunnath of Karnataka, knocking fifth seed Mudra Dhainje of Air India out in the first round. Top two seeds Trupti Murgunde and Sayali Gokhale, meanwhile, progressed to the quarterfinals without much incident.

The results:

Men: First round: H.S. Prannoy (AI) bt Ajay Jayaram (PET) [1] 21-18, 22-20; K. Srikanth (AP) bt Rohit More (Rly) 21-10, 21-10; Siddharth Jain (TN) bt S.D.S. Krishna (AP) [7] 21-14, 23-21; Saurabh Verma (MP) bt Venkatesh Prasad (Kar) 21-11, 21-10; P. Vinay Kumar Reddy (Rly) bt Mohit Kamat (Kar) [4] 21-17, 21-19; Nikhil Kanetkar (PET) bt N.V.S. Vijetha (AP) 21-13, 21-15; Srujan Nandaluri (AP) bt Anshuman Hazarika (Asm) [5] 21-16, 21-9; Anand Pawar (AI) bt K. Ajay Kumar (Rly) 21-5, 21-10; Saurav Kapur (Har) bt J.B.S. Vidyadhar (PET) W/O; Rohan Castelino (Kar) [6] bt Hirak Jyoti Neog (AI) 21-17, 21-14; Eshan Naqvi (Mah) bt K. A. Aneesh (Ker) 21-19, 21-13; Abhimanyu Singh (MP) bt K. Tanishak (AP) [3] 21-16, 13-21, 21-19; B. Sumeeth Reddy (AP) bt K. Jolly Prakash (Kar) 21-12, 21-11; B. Sai Praneeth (AP) bt K. Nanda Gopal (Rly) [8] 11-21, 21-14, 21-18; Ajit Wijetilak (Kar) bt Himanshu Kharbanda (Del) 21-19, 6-21, 21-16; Anup Sridhar (PET) [2] bt Utsav Mishra (AI) 21-13, 21-10.

Second round: Nikhil Kanetkar (PET) bt Vinay Kumar Reddy (Rly) 21-16, 21-14; Anand Pawar (AI) bt Srujan Nandaluri (AP) 21-12, 21-13; Rohan Castelino (Kar) [6] bt Saurav Kapur (Har) 21-17, 21-12; Sai Praneeth (AP) bt Sumeeth Reddy (AP) 21-13, 21-11; Anup Sridhar (PET) [2] bt Ajit Wijetilak (Kar) 21-13, 21-14; H.S. Prannoy (AI) bt K. Srikanth (AP) 17-21, 21-3, 21-16; Siddharth Jain (TN) bt Saurabh Verma (MP) 21-17, 21-9; Abhimanyu Singh (MP) bt Eshan Naqvi (Mah) 22-24 21-13 21-10.

Women: First round: Trupti Murgunde (PET) [1] bt Sanyogita Ghorpade (Mah) 21-12, 21-10; Anita Ohlan (Rly) bt Rachita Sahdev (Del) 21-11, 21-6; Jacqueline Rose Kunnath (Kar) bt Mudra Dhainje (AI) [5] 21-14, 21-18; P.V. Sindhu (AP) bt Tanvi Lad (Mah) 21-15, 21-18; Neha Pandit (Mah) [3] bt S.R. Poorvisha (Kar) 21-11, 21-14; Anjali Kalita (Rly) bt Garima Yadav (MP) 21-11, 21-11; Bibari Basumatary (Asm) [8] bt Anuradha Srikhande (AI) 21-19, 13-21, 21-13; C. H. Poornima (AP) bt Ruth Misha (Kar) 21-19, 21-4; Saili Rane (AI) bt Arathi Sara Sunil (Ker) 21-14, 21-16; Arundhati Pantawane (Mah) [7] bt Radhika Singh Bhati (Raj) 21-6, 21-5; Parssa Naqvi (Rly) bt G.M. Nischitha (Kar) 22-20, 17-21, 21-19; P.C. Thulasi (Ker) [4] bt Daya Elsa Jacob (Ker) 21-11, 21-10; Mohita Sahdev (Del) bt Manali Sinha (Asm) 21-3, 21-16; Dhanya Nair (Rly) bt Sonal More (Rly) [6] 21-19, 19-21, 21-18; Sampada Sahasrabuddhe (Mah) bt Saloni Yadav (MP) 21-15,21-7; Sayali Gokhale (AI) [2] bt Chitra Lekha (Rly) 21-14, 21-12.

Second round: Trupti Murgunde (PET) [1] bt Anita Ohlan (Rly) 21-8, 21-13; P.V. Sindhu (AP) bt Jacqueline Rose Kunnath (Kar) 21-15, 21-9; Dhanya Nair (Rly) bt Mohita Sahdev (Del) 21-9,21-17; Bibari Basumatary (Asm) [8] bt C.H. Poornima (AP) bt 21-14, 21-15; Arundhati Pantawane (Mah) [7] bt Saili Rane (AI) 21-9, 14-21, 21-19; P.C. Thulasi (Ker) [4] bt Parssa Naqvi (Rly) 21-14, Ret.; Sayali Gokhale (AI) [2] bt Sampada Sahasrabuddhe (Mah) 21-14, 21-6 .— Sports Reporter

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