BAI Selection Trials for Asian Games: Lakshya Sen wins, Aakarshi Kashyap loses — Highlights
Lakshya Sen wins 1st game vs Meiraba
It would seem the first game has been taken by Lakshya Sen 21-14. Official confirmation on scores awaited.
Lakshya was trailing at one point in the game, so he has pulled off a series of points to win the 1st game.
Matches underway: Lakshya Sen vs Maisnam Meiraba
The matches are underway. Lakshya Sen gets level at 1-1 with a strong smash against Meiraba.
Matches Left: Evening session
The Aakarshi vs Ashmita match looks set to be a cracker, Ashmita will be looking to protect her lead in the group.
Unnati will also be looking to carry on her good run. Lakshya Sen and Sai Praneeth will be in action on the men's side.
Lakshya, Ashmita, Malvika on top of groups
It's been a good morning for most of our top shuttlers - but not Aakarshi Kashyap.
Unnati Hooda upsets Aakarshi Kashyap
In the first major upset of the trials, Unnati Hooda has beaten top seed Aakarshi Kashyap! Unnati prevails 21-15, 21-18.
Ashmita wins the other match in the group, beating Shriyanshi Valishetty in three games. It's Unnati and Ashmita at the top of this group then. Aakarshi with a mountain to climb!
Groups
Men’s singles groups for Stage 1:
Srikanth K. [1], Priyanshu Rajawat [3], Siddhanth Gupta and Ansal Yadav
Lakshya Sen [2], Mithun M [4], Sai Praneeth B and 5 Bharat Raghav
Women’s singles groups for Stage 1:
Aakarshi Kashyap [1], Shriyanshi Valishetty, Ashmita Chaliha and Unnati Hooda
Malvika Bansod [2], Aditi Bhatt, Aalisha Naik and Anupama Upadhyaya
Easy wins for Lakshya, Malvika
The matches were supposed to be streamed but at least the morning session matches have not been.
Lakshya Sen has stormed to a 21-14, 21-9 win against Bharat Raghav. Mithun Manjunath has also won, thought with much more effort, against Maisnam Meiraba 22-20, 12-21, 21-11.
In the women's singles, Malvika has beaten Anupama 21-15, 21-11. Aditi Bhatt has also expectedly beaten Aalisha Naik 21-16, 21-14.
Event Format
Men’s and women’s singles players will be divided into two groups in Stage 1 with the top two players in each group going to Stage 2. The four players will once again face-off in a league format and the result of Stage 2 for players competing against each other for the second time will be considered for the final standings.
For the doubles events, there will be only one stage with all pairs playing round-robin matches to decide the final standings.
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