The Bhavnagar paddler did not give Malav a sniff as he ran away with the match 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-7).
Other first round results:
Men’s: Nandish Halani (BVN) bt Yug Parmar (SRT) 11-4,11-4,11-9; Harsh Patel (AHD) bt Saurav Ghosh (BRD) 11-8,11-4,11-6; Bhavin Desai (VLD) bt Mahirajsinh Jadeja (BVN) 11-9,11-5,11-6.
Junior boys (U-17): Taksh Kothari (SRT) bt Hitarth Joshi (BVN) 14-12,11-1,9-11,11-6; Yatharth Kedia (SRT) bt Ved Panchal (BRD) 5-11,11-7,12-10,11-5; Poojan Chandarana (BVN)bt Malav Panchal (8) (AHD) 11-8,11-8,11-7; Aayush
Tanna (AHD) bt Dwij Bhalodia (AHD)11-6,11-8,11-8; Vansh Modi (BRD) bt Vihaan Tiwari (AHD)11-7,11-5,11-7.
Junior boys (U-19): Sumit Nair (AHD) bt Yash Makwana (BVN) 11-6,11-9,11-9; Dhyey Jani (BVN) bt Harshvardhan Patel (ARV) 4-11,9-11,11-7,11-7,11-6; Janmejay Patel (ARV) bt Taksh Kothari (SRT) 11-3,9-11,11-1,11-5; Vansh Modi (BRD) bt Het Thakkar (AMR) 11-4,12-10,11-8
Junior girls (U-19): Siddhi Patel (AHD) bt Riya Parikh (BRD) 11-6,11-2,11-2; Charmi Jani (BVN) bt Siddhi Bulsara (NVS) 6-11,11-9,5-11,11-9,14-12; Aabha Rawat (RJT) bt Chahuhan Suzen (BRD) 11-7,11-9,11-9; Aastha Mistry (NVS) bt Mahek Sheth (BRD) 9-11,11-8,11-8,11-8.
Sub-junior boys (U-15) second round: Hridan Shah (AHD) bt Husain Godharawala (SRT)11-6,11-5,11-3; Sujal Kukadia (BVN) bt Shaurya Lahoti (SRT) 11-2,11-3,11-2; Manav Mehta (SRT) bt Siddh Patel (AHD)11-2,11-5,11-9; Samarth Shekhawat (SRT) bt Hitarth Joshi (BVN)11-6,11-8,11-5.
