Tata Open India International Challenge 2014 – Day 2

Top seed H. S. Prannoy breezed past Aditya Prakash (21-16, 21-14) to confirm his spot in the quarter-finals of the Tata Open India International Championship 2014. Earlier during the day, H. S. Prannoy defeated Oscar Bansal (21-7, 21-5) in the Round of 32. He will play against eighth seed Subhankar Dey in the quarter finals tomorrow.

Former National Champion Chetan Anand defeated Gaurav Venkat (21-12, 21-10) in Round of 16 to move to the quarter-finals after he beat Amey Joshi (21-8 21-16) in Round of 32.

Third seed B. Sai Praneeth registered an easy victory over Deepak Khatri (21-10 21-13) in a match that lasted for about 20 minutes in the Round of 32. Later in the day, B. Sai Praneeth defeated talented shuttler Harsheel Dani (16-21,21-17,21-10) in an action packed match, confirming his place in the quarter-finals.

Young and upcoming shuttler Kaushal Dharmamer lost to Sameer Verma (21-11 12-21 21-17) in an electrifying match that lasted for an hour in the Round of 32.

For the women, top seed P. C. Thulasi booked a spot in the Quarter Finals by defeating Croatia’s Dorotea Sutara (21-15 21-13) in a match that lasted for more than 30 minutes.

Second seed Tanvi Lad lost to Rituparna Das in straight sets (21-16 21-11).

Third seed Saili Rane moved to the quarter-finals by defeating Shruti Mundada (21-13 21-17) in an enthralling match that lasted for about 30 minutes.

Fourth seed Arundhati Pantawane had to sweat it out against Former National Champion Sayali Gokhale (15-21, 22-20, 21-15) to confirm a spot in the quarter-finals in a match that last for about an hour.

Men’s Singles (Round of 32)

• H. S. Prannoy (IND) def Oscar Bansal (IND), 21-7, 21-5
• Aditya Prakash (IND) def Ratnajit Tamang (NEP), 21-13 21-12
• Subhankar Dey (IND) def Aditya Joshi (IND), 21-14 21-12
• Neeraj Vashist (IND) def Srujan Nandaluri (IND), 21-15 21-11
• B. Sai Praneeth (IND) def Deepak Khatri (IND), 21-10 21-13
• Harsheel Dani (IND) def Utkarsh Arora (IND), 21-7 21-13
• Ajay Jayaram (IND) def Bikash Shrestha (IND), 21-7 21-11
• Sameer Verma (IND) def Kaushal Dharmamer (IND), 21-11 12-21 21-17
• Gaurav Venkat (IND) def Kabir Kanzarkar (IND), 21-18 16-21 22-20
• Chetan Anand (IND) def Amey Joshi (IND), 21-8 21-16
• Ketan Chahal (IND) def Sachin Rawat, (IND) 21-17 19-21 21-14
• R. M. V. Gurusaidutt (IND) def Abhishek Yelegar 21-17 21-13
• C. Rohit Yadav (IND) def Mohit Kamat, (IND) 21-14 21-15
• Akshit Mahajan (IND) def Siddharath Thakur, (IND) 22-20 21-15
• Shreyansh Jaiswal (IND) def Pratul Joshi, (IND) 18-21 21-12 21-11
• Sourabh Varma (IND) def Arun Kumar Ashok Kumar, (IND) 21-10 21-9

Men’s Singles (Round of 16)

• H. S. Prannoy (IND) def Aditya Prakash (IND), 21-16 21-14
• Subhankar Dey (IND) def Neeraj Vashist (IND), 21-11 21-18
• B. Sai Praneeth (IND) def Harsheel Dani (IND), 16-21 21-17 21-10
• Chetan Anand (IND) def Gaurav Venkat (IND), 21-12 21-10

Women’s Singles (Round of 32)

• Dorotea Sutara (CRO) Ritu Vinayak (IND), 21-11 21-17
• Kuhoo Garg (IND) def Seema Panchal (IND), 21-11 21-9
• Sayali Gokhale (IND) def Rasika Raje (IND), 22-20 21-17
• Riya Pillai (IND) def Nangsal Tamang (NEP),21-11 21-5
• Rucha Nikam (IND) def Sara Devi Tamang (NEP), 20-22 21-9 21-12
• Shruti Mundada (IND) def Lalita Dahiya (IND), 21-13 21-6
• Gadde Ruthvika Shivani (IND) def Thilini Jayasinghe (SRI), 21-5 21-10
• Rituparna Das (IND) def Juhi Dewangan (IND), 21-15 21-14

Women’s Singles (Round of 16)

• P. C. Thulasi (IND) def Dorotea Sutara (CRO) 21-15 21-13
• Sara Naqvi (IND) def Kuhoo Garg (IND) 21-16 11-1 Ret.
• Arundhati Pantawane (IND) def Sayali Gokhale (IND)15-21 22-20 21-15
• Riya Pillai (IND) def Jyoti Nashier (IND), 21-9 21-8
• Saili Rane (IND) def Shruti Mundada 21-13 21-17
• Gadde Ruthvika Shivani (IND) def Daksha Gautam (IND) 21-4 21-7
• Rituparna Das (IND) def Tanvi Lad (IND), 21-16 21-11