BHUBANESWAR 08-Nov-2017
Rutaparna Panda lived up to her reputation as the second international shuttler of Odisha after Sanat Mishra by putting up impressive performance in the 82nd Senior National Badminton Championship, held at Nagpur from Nov 4 to 8, 2017. Cuttack girl Rutaparna, who now hons her skills at Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad, reached semifinals in women’s doubles and quarterfinals in mixed doubles with Mithula UK of Karnataka and S Podile of Telangana State respectively.
Yashika Yadav, Krishnika Birok, Sushanta Rout, Smruti Snigdha Behera, Swetaparna Panda, Gyanchand, Manas Ranjan Routray and K Murali Krishna were other shuttlers, who represented Odisha in this National championship. HS Prannoy and Saina Nehwal won the men’s and women’s titles, defeating Kidambi Srikant and PV Sindhu respectively.
ODISHA RESULTS:
Mixed doubles: Round-1: S Podile-Rutaparna Panda (TS-ODI) bt Nazeer Khan-Akshaya (TN) 21-12, 21-19. K Murali Krishna-Swetaparna Panda (ODI) bt Dhruv Rawat-Smriti Nagarkoti (UTR) 21-15, 21-19. Round-2: S Podile-R Panda bt Siddharth Gurkha-Riya Gajjar (GUJ) 21-13, 21-10. K Murali Krisha-S Panda bt Piyush Bobade-Khushboo Patel (MP) 14-21, 21-13, 21-15. Round-3: S Podile-R Panda bt Nishant Dua-Anamika Kashyap (DEL) 21-11, 21-15. K Murali Krisha-S Panda lost to Shivam Sharma-S Ram Poorvisha (RBI) 11-21, 10-21. Round-4: Sanyam Shukla-Sanyogita Ghorpade (IA) bt Sri Krishna Sai Kumar Podile-R Panda 21-18, 17-21, 21-17.
Women’s singles: Round-1: Yashika Yadav (ODI) lost to Purva Barve (IA) 9-21, 6-21. Krishnika Birok (ODI) lost to Angita Naorem (MNP) 18-21, 8-21.
Men’s singles: Round-1: Sushanta Rout (ODI) lost to Maisnam Meiraba (MNP) 11-21, 6-21.
Women’s doubles: Round-1: Rutaparna Panda-Mithula UK (ODI-KTK) bt Emilia Silveira-Anar Singbal (GOA) 21-17, 21-8. Round-2: R Panda- Mithula UK bt Deepali Gupta-Ruby Singh (CG) 15-5 (Ret). Smruti Snigdha Behera-Swetaparna Panda (ODI) lost to M Somibala Devi-M Purnima Devi (MNP) 5-21, 8-21. Round-3: R Panda- Mithula UK bt Vaishnavi Bhale-Riya Pillai (MAH) 21-12, 21-9. Round-4: R Panda- Mithula UK bt Dnanya Nair-Ashna Roy (RLY-KER) 21-12, 21-18. QFs: R Panda- Mithula UK bt Harika V-Karishma Wadkar (AP-MAH) 21-12, 21-16. SFs: R Panda-Mithula UK lost to Sanyogita Ghorpade-Prajakta Sawant 21-18, 12-21, 16-21.
Men’s doubles: Round-1: Gyanchand-Manas Ranjan Routray (ODI) lost to A Buragohain-R Buragohain (ASM) 10-21, 16-21.
OVERALL RESULTS (All finals): Mixed Doubles: Satwik Sairaj and Ashwini Ponnappa beat Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Sikki Reddy 21-9, 20-22, 21-17. Men’s singles: HS Prannoy beat K Srikant 21-15, 16-21, 21-7. Women’s doubles: Sikki Reddy N-Ashwini Ponnappa beat Sanyogita Ghorpade-Prajakta Sawant 21-14, 21-14. Men’s doubles: Manu Attri-Sumit Reddy B beat Satwik Sai Raj R-Chirag Shetty 15-21, 22-20, 25-23. Women’s singles: Saina Nehwal beat PV Sindhu 21-17, 27-25.
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PHOTO: Rutaparna Panda (Right) and her women’s doubles partner Mithula UK in action at the National Championship-2017 in Nagpur.
