Aurangabad, May 23: Hritik Anand of Vaishali, Himanshu Shekhar of Aurangabad, Ankur Srivastava of Patna, Khooshee Kumar Pankaj of Jehanabad, and Adittya Kumar of Patna advanced to the second round of the Hundred Bihar State 1st Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament, organized by the Aurangabad District Badminton Association on Thursday.

Also advancing to the second round were Parag Singh (Munger), Saurav Mishra (Madhubani), Saksham Vasta (Patna), Tanweer Ahmad (Muzaffarpur), Tanya Ranjan (Patna), and Payod Pushkar (Munger).

Earlier, Ashutosh Arora, Managing Director of SK Food Products, was the chief guest and inaugurated the tournament. KN Jaiswal, Secretary of the Bihar Badminton Association, was the guest of honor. Laxmi Prasad Gupta, Chairman of the District Badminton Association, Nand Kishor Prasad, Treasurer of the District Badminton Association, and Margoob Alam, Organizing Secretary, were also present on the occasion.

Results:

HRITIK ANAND         VAISHALI        beat RAVI KUMAR    MUZAFFARPUR         21-18, 21-09

HIMANSHU SHEKHAR         AURANGABAD          beat GAURAV KUMAR         MUNGER        21-18, 21-19

ANKUR SRIVASTAVA           PATNA            beat SHIVAM NAWADA       21-08, 21-19

KHOOSHEE KR PANKAJ       JEHANABAD  beat AYUSH RAJ       AURANGABAD          21-13, 21-15

ADITYA KUMAR        PATNA            beat ASHOUTOSH KUMAR BHOJPUR       19-21, 21-18, 21-10

PARAG SINGH           MUNGER        beat KARTIK   SAMASTIPUR 21-10, 21-11

SAURAV MISHRA      MADHUBANI beat ADITYA KAUSHIK         BEGUSARAI    21-12, 16-21, 21-11

SAKSHAM VASTA     PATNA            beat MANASH SHARMA     PATNA            21-16, 21-19

TANWEER AHMAD   MUZAFFARPUR         beat SIDHARTH         NALANDA      21-14, 23-21

TANAY RANJAN        PATNA            beat MUKUL PRANHAT       BEGUSARAI    21-19, 21-19

PAYOD PUSHKAR     MUNGER        beat RAJVEER SINGH           BHOJPUR       21-09, 21-07