New Delhi: Juniors Daniel S Farid, Shreyanshi Pardeshi and Karishma Wadkar led the charge of the young brigade as they upset their more experienced opponents to qualifying for the ATS 78th Senior National Badminton championship at the Siri Fort Auditorium here on Tuesday.
U-17 national champion Daniel defeated the experienced B Kiran Kumar 21-15 20-22 21-6 to reach the men's singles main draw.
Joining him in the men's singles draw were Rohan Castelino, Sachin Rawat, Shreyansh Jaiswal, Nigel D'Sa, Aditya Prakash, Siddharth Thakur and B Chetan Anand.
In the women's singles qualifying U-17 nationals runners up Karishma Wadkar and Shreyanshi Pardeshi stole the show.
Karishma defeated R Santoshi Hasini 21-8 13-21 21-19 while Shreyanshi got the better of Sampada Sahastrabuddhe 21-16 21-14.
The other qualifiers in the women's singles are Chitralekha, Rasika Raje, Vaishnavi Iyer, Dhanya Nair, Sri Krishna Priya and K Vaishnavi.
The main draw will commence on Friday after the Inter State and Inter Zonal Team Championship.
Results (final round qualifying):
MS
Rohan Castelino, KTK, beat Rahul Yadav C., AP, 23-21 21-18; Sachin Rawat, DLI, beat Lakhwinder Singh, PNB, 21-15 21-10; Shreyansh Jaiswal, CG, beat Kawaldeep Singh, CHG, 21-14 21-16; Daniel Farid S., KTK, beat Kiran Kumar B. , RLY, 21-15 20-22 21-6; Nigel D'Sa, MAH, beat Saurav Kapoor, HAR, 21-19 15-21 21-17; Aditya Prakash, KTK, beat Gagan Sharma, DLI, 21-16 21-16; Siddharath Thakur, MAH, beat Anurag Sharma, UP, 21-19 21-15; Chetan Anand B. , PET, beat Vijetha N. V. S., AP, 21-11 21-13 .
WS
Chitra Lekha, RLY, beat Vrushali G. , AP, 25-23 13-21 21-17; Karishma Wadkar, MAH, beat Santoshi Hasini R. , AP, 21-8 13-21 21-19; Rasika Raje, MAH, beat Pramada V. , AP, 21-9 21-10; Vaishnavi Iyer, KTK, beat Harika V. , AI, 21-13 16-21 21-15; Dhanya Nair, RLY, beat Pooja M. , AP, 21-10 18-21 21-6; Sri Krishna Priya K. , AP, beat Vaishali Baria, GUJ, 21-14 21-17; Vaishnavi K., AP, beat Lalita Dahiya, HAR, 21-11 24-26 24-22; Shriyanshi Pardeshi, AI, beat Sampada Sahasrabuddhe, MAH, 21-16 21-14.