Senior Nationals: Juniors Tanvi Sharma, Tanvi Patri enter quarterfinals

Juniors Tanvi Sharma, Rounak Chauhan, and Tanvi Patri stormed into the quarterfinals of the Senior National Badminton Championships. Sharma and Patri won their women's singles matches, while Chauhan upset sixth seed Lakshya Sharma in men's singles.

India's upcoming juniors Tanvi Sharma, Rounak Chauhan and Tanvi Patri continued their strong run in the Senior National Badminton Championships here on Thursday as they registered convincing wins over their respective opponents to reach the quarterfinals, according to a release.

Women's Singles Highlights

World junior championships silver medallist Tanvi Sharma got the better of 10th seed Devika Sihag 21-11, 10-21, 21-10, while Patri packed off Parul Choudhary 21-14, 21-17 in the women's singles pre-quarterfinals. Tanvi Sharma will now face Rakshita Sree, who defeated Sneh Lamba 21-13, 21-11, while Patri will be up against the experienced Aakarshi Kashyap, who packed off third seed Anmol Kharb 21-18, 21-18.

Top seed Unnati Hooda and second seed Anupama Upadhyaya also sealed their quarterfinal berths with contrasting wins. Unnati had to come back from a game down to beat M Meghana Reddy 19-21, 21-14, 21-12, while Anupama defeated Anvi Rathore 21-13, 21-5.

Men's Singles Results

In the men's Round of 16, Rounak Chauhan upset sixth seed Lakshya Sharma 21-16, 21-16, while second seed M Tharun ended Abhinav Garg's run with a 21-15, 21-5 win. (ANI)

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