Archive · 26 Aug 2026
Unseeded Players Record Five Upsets at Pune Mayors Trophy
Five players caused surprising results at a junior badminton tournament in Pune.
These results happened on the second day of the Pune Mayors Trophy.
An unseeded player is one who was not given a ranking position before the event.
In the girls’ singles, Adarshini Shri Boopathy Balaji beat sixth seed Radha Gadgil in straight games.
Dheeshitha Singha Gopinath moved on after seventh seed Haasana Sree Mallavarapu retired during their match.
In the boys’ singles, Viren Seth defeated ninth seed Aswin Lenin Muthuraj.
Krish Dubey came back to beat 12th seed Aarush Pawaskar.
Hardik Divyansh also beat a seeded player and reached the third round.
Five upsets were recorded on the second day of the Pune Mayors Trophy India Junior International Grand Prix.
Adarshini Shri Boopathy Balaji defeated sixth seed Radha Gadgil 21-12, 21-10 in girls’ singles.
Dheeshitha Singha Gopinath advanced after seventh seed Haasana Sree Mallavarapu retired while trailing 13-8 in the deciding game.
Viren Seth and Krish Dubey defeated ninth seed Aswin Lenin Muthuraj and 12th seed Aarush Pawaskar, respectively, in boys’ singles.
Hardik Divyansh beat 14th seed Karthik Suhaas 21-11, 21-16 to reach the third round.
- Who
- Adarshini Shri Boopathy Balaji, Dheeshitha Singha Gopinath, Viren Seth, Krish Dubey and Hardik Divyansh recorded wins over seeded opponents or advanced after a seeded opponent retired.
- What
- Five upsets were recorded in the girls’ and boys’ singles events at a junior badminton tournament.
- When
- The second day, described as Wednesday; no calendar date was provided.
- Where
- Pune, India.
- Why
- The players’ victories allowed them to advance in the tournament, including Hardik Divyansh’s progress to the third round.
- Tournament
- Pune Mayors Trophy India Junior International Grand Prix
- Sport
- Badminton
- Upsets
- Five on the second day
- Girls’ singles result
- Adarshini Shri Boopathy Balaji defeated sixth seed Radha Gadgil 21-12, 21-10.
- Girls’ retirement
- Dheeshitha Singha Gopinath advanced after seventh seed Haasana Sree Mallavarapu retired while trailing 13-8 in the deciding game.
- Boys’ singles results
- Viren Seth, Krish Dubey and Hardik Divyansh defeated the ninth, 12th and 14th seeds, respectively.
- Round reached
- Hardik Divyansh moved into the third round.