<p>Guwahati: Commonwealth Games gold medallist and top seed Lakshya Sen and top-billed Aakarshi Kashyap reached the men's and women's singles third round respectively in the 85th Senior National badminton Championships here on Thursday.</p><p>Sen warded off T Sidarth 21-8, 21-5, while Aakarshi was made to sweat by Rituparna Das before emerging a 21-18, 21-11 winner in 32 minutes.</p><p>Sen and Sidarth were cautious in the first game as the players fought for each point until they reached a tie at 5-5. He then accelerated to secure the first game at 21-8.</p>.H S Prannoy moves to 9th, Lakshya Sen jumps to 11th in BWF ranking. <p>The ace shuttler totally dominated the second game to win it 21-5 and wrapped the match in just 25 minutes.</p><p>Later, BWF 2023 World Junior Championships bronze medallist Ayush Shetty faced a tough challenge from Neer Nehwal but emerged victorious 23-25, 21-18, 21-12.</p><p>He will face seventh-seeded Alap Mishra in the next round.</p><p>Second-seeded Ashmita Chaliha defeated Suzen Burhagohain 21-13, 21-10 to set up a face-off with Delhi's Rishika Nandi.</p><p>Unnati Hooda, the 2023 Abu Dhabi Masters champion, triumphed over Manisha Rani Tirkey of Jharkhand 21-11, 21-17, setting up a third-round clash with Tanvi Sharma.</p><p>Sharma, the silver medallist in Badminton Asia's U17 and U15 Junior Championships in 2023, faced a tough time against Shreya Lele, ultimately securing a 21-18, 22-24, 21-13 victory in 56 minutes.</p><p>Defending champion and former Junior world No. 1 Anupama Upadhyaya defeated Taneesha Singh 21-5, 21-12.</p><p>In the mixed doubles, Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto cruised to a 21-5, 21-14 win over Abdul Rahman Syed and Mamaikya Lanka.</p><p>The duo is set to face Chayanit Joshi and Kavya Gupta in the next round.</p>
<p>Guwahati: Commonwealth Games gold medallist and top seed Lakshya Sen and top-billed Aakarshi Kashyap reached the men's and women's singles third round respectively in the 85th Senior National badminton Championships here on Thursday.</p><p>Sen warded off T Sidarth 21-8, 21-5, while Aakarshi was made to sweat by Rituparna Das before emerging a 21-18, 21-11 winner in 32 minutes.</p><p>Sen and Sidarth were cautious in the first game as the players fought for each point until they reached a tie at 5-5. He then accelerated to secure the first game at 21-8.</p>.H S Prannoy moves to 9th, Lakshya Sen jumps to 11th in BWF ranking. <p>The ace shuttler totally dominated the second game to win it 21-5 and wrapped the match in just 25 minutes.</p><p>Later, BWF 2023 World Junior Championships bronze medallist Ayush Shetty faced a tough challenge from Neer Nehwal but emerged victorious 23-25, 21-18, 21-12.</p><p>He will face seventh-seeded Alap Mishra in the next round.</p><p>Second-seeded Ashmita Chaliha defeated Suzen Burhagohain 21-13, 21-10 to set up a face-off with Delhi's Rishika Nandi.</p><p>Unnati Hooda, the 2023 Abu Dhabi Masters champion, triumphed over Manisha Rani Tirkey of Jharkhand 21-11, 21-17, setting up a third-round clash with Tanvi Sharma.</p><p>Sharma, the silver medallist in Badminton Asia's U17 and U15 Junior Championships in 2023, faced a tough time against Shreya Lele, ultimately securing a 21-18, 22-24, 21-13 victory in 56 minutes.</p><p>Defending champion and former Junior world No. 1 Anupama Upadhyaya defeated Taneesha Singh 21-5, 21-12.</p><p>In the mixed doubles, Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto cruised to a 21-5, 21-14 win over Abdul Rahman Syed and Mamaikya Lanka.</p><p>The duo is set to face Chayanit Joshi and Kavya Gupta in the next round.</p>