Shuttler Parul advances

Vijayawada: Experienced shuttler Shruti Mundada and rising stars Parul Choudhary and Tanvi Patri beat higher-ranked rivals to reach the women’s singles pre-quarterfinals in the Senior National Badminton Championships here Thursday.

Shruti packed off seventh-seeded Jiya Rawat 21-14, 21-9, while Parul got the better of ninth seed 18-21, 21-18, 21-12 to advance. Tanvi Patri ended the campaign of eighth seed Isharani Baruah 22-20, 21-19.

Also advancing to the next round was top seed Unnati Hooda, second seed Anupama Upadhyaya, third seed Anmol Kharb and world junior silver medallist Tanvi Sharma.

In men’s singles, Aryaman Tandon upset third seed M Raghu 17-21, 21-11, 21-14 in the round of 32.

Abhinav Garg and Rithvik Sanjeevi S also secured their spots in the

pre-quarterfinals.