Brijal Soni scripts a big win in 1st Gujarat Open Racketlon Championship

Brijal Soni shone within the limelight as she scripted the most important upset within the 1st Gujarat Open Racketlon Championship on Saturday.

At Ahmedabad Racket Academy, Gandhinagar’s Brijal recorded a 21-9 (in desk tennis), 21-5 (in badminton) and 21-17 (in badminton) win over high seed Shaziya Khan in ladies’s singles quarterfinal match.

The distinction in factors means Brijal want to not take the court docket for the Garden Tennis match in India’s first Racketlon match.

Nevertheless, there was no such concern for second seed Sushmita Panigrahi who beat Vijaya Ahluwalia 21-10, 21-8, 21-3 within the quarters.

Ashutosh on the transfer

In the meantime, world champion Ashutosh Pednekar was at his greatest as the highest seed marched into the semi-finals of 45+ males’s singles with a 21-2, 21-1, 21-2 win over Ahmedabad’s Hiren Gajjar.

Second seed Monesh Mashruwala of Gujarat too marched into the semis after given walkover by Kalpesh Vora.

Gujarat’s Biren Shah too marched into the semis with a 21-19, 21-5, 21-17 win over Tamil Nadu’s PB Muralikrishna.

Biren, who’s the second seed within the class, additionally reached the boys’ singles 40+ semis with a 21-3, 21-5, 21-11 win over statemate Mrushad Patel.

Gujarat’s Manan Chokshi additionally booked his semi-final berth in males’s singles 55+ with a 21-5, 10-21, 21-1 win over KK Cheema.

Second seed Mervyn Fernandis too e-book the semi-final berth with a 21-9, 21-5, 21-13 win over Parag Shodhan.