Lucknow, 15 October (Hindustan Reporter). The last round of qualifying draw matches were played on Tuesday in Yonex Sunrise Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament. All the winning players of the qualifying round of the last round of qualifying draw matches were organized at BBD Badminton Academy, Vipinkhand Gomti Nagar, will further participate in the main draw.
In the men's singles category, Rishank of Uttar Pradesh defeated Siddharth Thakur of Maharashtra 15-10, 16-16, 15-8. Siddhant Salar of Uttar Pradesh directly entered the main round due to the absence of Mohit Gowda of Karnataka.
Harshit Tomar of Uttar Pradesh entered the main round by defeating 13th seed Dhruv Bansal of Chandigarh 15-13, 13-15, 17-15. In women's singles, Taranjit Kaur entered the main draw by defeating Harni Raja of Tamil Nadu 14-16, 15-2, 15-10. Men's doubles category Arsh Mohammed along with his partner Shankar Saraswat (Rajasthan) was successful in entering the main round. In the mixed doubles, Md. Arsh and Pragati Parida (Odisha) ensured their victory for the main draw.
Apart from this, Amolika Singh and Mansi Singh, Sonali Singh, Chirag Seth, Tushar Gagneja, Tanisha Singh, Samriddhi Singh will enter the main draw directly. In men's singles of Uttar Pradesh, Siddharth Mishra (host quota), Ansh Vishal Gupta (host quota) will play in the main round. Apart from these, in women's singles, Simran Chaudhary (Host Kota) and Sneha Singh (Host Kota) will present their challenge in the main round. In men's singles, Uttar Pradesh's pair of Atul Kumar and Pradeep Kumar (host quota) along with Uttar Pradesh's pair of Rama Singh and Sunita Singh (host quota) in women's doubles, Shivam Verma and Sonali Singh (host quota) in mixed doubles. Will enter the main draw by.