Rajat upsets second seed Piyush Aggarwal

by Haryananewswire

PANCHKULA, SEPT 24

Down by a game Rajat of Sonipat rallied to upset second seed Piyush Aggarwal of Panchkula by 10-21, 21-14, 21-19 in the men’s singles pre-quarter-final match of the 44^th Haryana State Senior Open Badminton Championship at the Tau Devi Lal Badminton Hall in Sector 3 here today.

 Neeraj of Sonipat gave a tough fight to Akshit Mahajan of Panchkula in another  men’s pre-quarter final before going down at 19-21, 18-21. 

Neeraj  (Sonipat) defeated Ketan (PKL.) 16-21, 21-11, 21-13 in the boys under-19 boys singles quarter-finals match.

All other seeded players had smooth sailing in the next round.

Women singles (Pre-Quarter-finals): Ekta (Faridabad) bt Karishma (PKL.) 21-6, 21-3, Lalita (Sonipat) bt Charvi (PKL.) 21-19, 21-15, Komal (Sonipat) bt Gayatri (PKL.) 21-9, 21-8, Jagriti (PKL.) w/o Apoorva (Fbd.), Swati (Sonipat) bt Sanchita (PKL.) 21-2, 21-6, Daksha (PKL.) bt Preeti (Sonipat) 21-13, 21-17, Mehak (PKL.) w/o Bhagya (Fbd.), Jyoti (PKL.) bt Deepika (Sonipat) 21-9, 21-8. 

Girls singles Under – 19 (Pre-Quarter-finals): Jagriti (PKL.) bt Ananya (Gurgaon)            21-3, 21-8, Gayatri (PKL.) bt Deepika (Sonipat) 21-9, 21-11, Lalita (Sonipat) bt Karishma (PKL.)21-7, 21-5, Tanya (PKL.) bt Seema (Sonipat) 23-21, 21-19, Komal (Sonipat) bt Mehak (PKL.)      21-6, 21-6, Daksha (PKL.) bt Preetika (Fbd.)   21-7, 21-6, Charvi (PKL.) bt Prachi Dabas (Gurgaon)       21-12, 21-7, Ekta (Fbd.) bt Sanchita (PKL.)21-2, 21-3.

Men singles (Pre-Quarter-finals):  Deepak (PKL.) bt Kamal (Fbd.) 21-10, 21-11, Satinder (Sonipat) bt Sumit (Bhiwani) 21-10, 21-5, Kritesh (Bhiwani) bt Gaurav Pahwa (PKL.) 16-21, 21-14, 21-13, Gaurav Kapoor (PKL.) bt Ravinder (PKL.) 22-20, 21-15, Rajat (Sonipat) bt Piyush Agarwal (PKL.) 10-21, 21-14, 21-19, Akshit Mahajan (PKL.) bt Neeraj (Sonipat) 21-19, 21-18, Ravi (PKL.) bt Ravi (Sonipat) 21-10, 21-11, Ketan (PKL.) bt Siddharth (Bhiwani) 21-16, 21-19.

Boys singles Under – 19 (Pre-Quarter-finals):  Deepak Khatri (PKL.) bt Ashish (Sonipat) 21-13, 21-14, Rajat (Sonipat) bt Shubham (PKL.) 21-9, 21-12, Sidharath (Bhiwani) bt Ravinder (PKL.)    21-18,21-11, Ravi (Sonipat) bt Ayush (PKL.) 21-11, 18-21, 21-8, Sumit (Hisar) bt Rohit (Sonipat) 18-21, 21-7, 21-6, Akshit (PKL.) bt Jatiin (Panipat) 21-9, 21-2, Neeraj  (Sonipat) bt Ketan (PKL.) 16-21, 21-11, 21-13, Kritesh (Bhiwani) bt Abhijot (PKL.) 21-12, 21-15.

Master’s singles (+35): Naresh Malik (Hisar) bt Anil  Dhull (Sonipat) 18-21, 21-11, 21-12, Bhushan (Sonipat) bt Vijay Singh (Panipat) 21-13, 21-14, Surinder (Y.Nagar) bt Varinder (Jhajjar) 22-20, 21-15.

Veterans singles (+45): Raman (Gurgaon) bt Ramesh Varma (Jind)  17-21, 21-13, 21-13, Vipin (Panipat) bt Prem Singh (Jhajjar) 21-15, 21-17, Sandeep (PKL.) bt Narinder (PKL.)21-10, Conceded, V.K.Bhatia (Jhajjar) bt P.C.Tiwari (KKR.)         21-19, 21-17, Sanjeev (Sonipat) bt Vinay (PKL.) 21-10, 21-12, Mukesh Madan (Panipat) bt Manish (Pnpt.) 21-11, 21-12

Master doubles (+35): Vikram & Ananth (Gurgaon) bt Rajesh & SK Awasthi (PKL.) 21-4, 21-11, Surinder & Varinder (Bhiwani) bts Surinder & Vinarsh (Y.Ngr.) 21-5, 21-5, Aditya & Dinesh (PKL.) bt Rajiv & Raman (Gurgaon) 21-17, 21-17, Vikas & Gulshan (PKL.) bt Mukesh & Vipin (Panipat) 21-14, 21-15, Vikrant & Ananth (PKL.) bt Anil & Bhushan (Sonipat) 21-7, 21-7, Vivek & Manish (PKL.) bt Narinder & Gurpal (Karnal) 21-11, 21-9.

Veterans doubles (+45): Vimarsh & Ashwini (Y.Ngr.) bt VK Bhatia & Prem Singh (Jhajjar) 23-21, 19-21, 21-11, PC Tiwari & Ramesh (KKR.) bt Bhushan & Sanjiv (Sonipat) 22-20, 14-21, 21-16, Vipin & Narinder (Karnal) bt Mahesh & Jitender (PKL.) 14-21, 28-26, 21-14, Ananth & Raman (Gurgaon) bt Vinod & Rajnish (PKL.)  21-18, 21-15.