Five share lead in the Open; Harshini A. surges ahead in National U-17 Championships

6 years ago

At the end of 5th round, Mitrabha Guha (WB), Panesar Vedant (Mah), Vinay Thomas Abraham (Kerala), Harshita Guddanti (AP) and Cheela Naga Sampath (AP) lead the category table with 4.5 points out of 5 points.

Top seed FM Mitrabha Guha drew with Vinay Thomas Abraham in 44 moves. The battle on Board no. 2 ended in a similar result after Gaurav Rajesh Zagade (Mah) drew with Panesar Vedant (Mah) in 43 moves. Board no. 3 Harshita Guddanti (AP) beat Tuhin Kashyap (Assam) in 54 moves and on board no-5 Cheela Naga Sampath (AP) beat Arjun C Krishnamachari (TN). Six players are trailing behind the leader at 4 points.

In the girls’ section, third seed Harshini A (TN) maintained her leading position with 4.5 points.

Eight players half a point behind the leader at 4 points. Top seed Arpita Mukherjee (Bengal), second seed Priyanka K (T N), Samriddhaa Ghosh (Bengal), Mrudul Dehankar (Mah), Bhagyashree Patil (Mah), Benasir M (TN), Jyothsna L (T N) and Kalyani B (AP) all are 4 points.

The championship witnessed birthday celebration of Maharastra’s Arora Prabir Pal Singh.

Prominent Badminton Coach Mr.Pradeep Paliwal visited the venue.

Pairings

Open: Round 6

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.	Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	FM	Mitrabha Guha	2376	4½		4½	Harshita Guddanti	1972	14
2	8		Panesar Vedant	2124	4½		4½	Vinay Thomas Abraham	1953	16
3	18		Cheela Naga Sampath	1935	4½		4	Pruthu Deshpande	2068	9
4	12		Vaibhav Jayant Raut	1999	4		4	Gaurav Rajesh Zagade	2177	6
5	64		Sreekar J S S	1538	4		4	Om Kharola	2042	11
6	3		Krishnater Kushager	2333	3½		4	Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi	1947	17
7	41		Uttam Prakash Sharma	1688	3½		3½	Tarun V Kanth	2258	4
8	5		Vatsal Singhania	2225	3½		3½	Rupam Mukherjee	1837	29
9	34		Aryan Ranjan	1768	3½		3½	Shyam Prasad Reddy K	2148	7
10	10		Manu David Suthandram R	2044	3½		3½	Harshit Arya	1800	31

Pairings

Girls: Round 6

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	WFM	Arpita Mukherjee	2207	4		4½	WFM	Harshini A	2160	3
2	2		Priyanka K	2163	4		4		Bhagyashree Patil	1885	11
3	10		Ghosh Samriddhaa	1904	4		4	WCM	Mrudul Dehankar	2065	5
4	18		Benasir M	1736	4		4	WCM	Jyothsna L	1964	7
5	6		Sanskriti Goyal	1965	3½		4		Kalyani B	1656	22
6	4	WFM	Tarini Goyal	2072	3½		3½	WFM	Bommini Mounika Akshaya	1787	15
7	23		Garima Gaurav	1615	3½		3½		Srimathi R	1828	13
8	31		Harshini B	1491	3½		3½		Tejasvi M	1747	17
9	8		Pandey Srishti	1958	3		3½		Yuti Mayur Patel	1428	36
10	33		Pagay Shalaka	1474	3		3	WFM	Tanishka Kotia	1918	9