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Chetan Anand advances in National Badminton qualifiers

New Delhi: Three-time national champion Chetan Anand began his comeback from an injury curtailed season with a comfortable 21-5, 21-15 victory over Vishal Garg of Assam in the second qualifying round of the 78th Senior


Results

Men's singles
2nd Round
Rohan Castelino, KTK, beat Sudhanshu Medsikar, MAH, 21-8 21-12; Bhaskar Chakraborty, DLI, beat Manas Ranjan Routray, ORI, 21-12 21-18; Rahul Yadav C., AP, beat Subramanian S., TN, 16-21 21-10 21-10; Siddharth, HAR, beat Prateek Saxena, RAJ, 21-14 21-18; Sachin Rawat, DLI, beat Karthikey K., KTK, 21-10 21-18; Himanshu Verma, CG, beat Yash Wagh, MAH, 15-21 21-13 21-17; Lakhwinder Singh, PNB, beat Ayush Maurya, UTR, 24-22 21-16; J.Trinadha, AP, beat Subadonbor Pyngrope, MEG, 21-11 21-16; Shreyansh Jaiswal, CG, beat Anand Tiwari, PNB, 21-10 21-18; Kawaldeep Singh, CHG, beat Yuvaraj, PY, 21-7 21-10; Aneeth Kumar R., AP, beat Ankit Arora, RAJ, 13-21 21-16 21-12; Daniel Farid S., KTK, beat Ameya Oak, MAH, 21-9 21-18; Venket Gaurav Pradad, CG, beat Mayuresh Borkotoky, ASM, 21-15 21-11; Saurav Kapoor, HAR, beat S. R. Viswanath Mantha, AP, 21-5 21-7; Gagan Sharma, DLI, beat Vikrant Chawat, RAJ, 21-13 21-13; Chirag Sen, AI, beat Mitun Das, ASM, 21-11 21-13; Aditya Prakash, KTK, beat Anurag Thakkar, MP, 21-9 21-7; Siddharath Thakur, MAH, beat Mohamed Rehan R., TN, 21-17 21-13.

Himanshu Kharbanda, DLI, beat Gyanchand, ORI, 21-4 21-13; Prem Singh Chouhan, RAJ, beat Harshit Agrawal, CG, 21-11 21-18; Chetan Anand B., PET, beat Vishal Garg, ASM, 21-5 21-15 .

Women's singles
2nd Round
Vrushali G., AP, beat Sheetal Kargeti, UTR, 28-26 21-7; Santoshi Hasini R., AP, beat Nischitha G. M., KTK, 21-18 21-10; Dhanya Nair, RLY, beat Rucha Nikam, MAH, 21-10 21-12; Pooja M., AP, beat Swati Sharma, UTR, 21-16 21-16; Vaishali Baria, GUJ, beat Brinda Singh, DLI, 21-12 21-8.

Squads:

South Africa: Graeme Smith (c), AB de Villiers (wc), Hashim Amla, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Dean Elgar, Imran Tahir, Jacques Kallis, Rory Kleinveldt, Morne Morkel, Alviro Petersen, Robin Peterson, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Thami Tsolekile (wkt).

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c & wk), Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, Ambati Rayudu, Wriddhiman Saha (wkt), Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha.

Umpires: Steve Davis, Rod Tucker (both AUS). Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM).