The Asian Games bronze medallist pair, seeded second, used its experience against teenagers Thakkar and Kamath to win 11-9, 12-10, 10-12, 11-6 in 20 minutes. Though Thakkar and Kamath gave glimpses of their talent with some superb shots, they couldn’t upstage their more experienced opponents. Uttar Pradesh southpaw Abhishek Yadav continued his scintillating run from the team event, stunning fifth seed Sushmit Sriram 4-2 in the fourth round. In the men’s second round, 14th seed Raj Mondal of RBI lost to Kerala’s R. Senthil Kumar while 15th seed S.F.R. Important results:Mixed doubles final: A. Sharath Kamal & Manika Batra (PSPB) bt Manav Thakkar & Archana Kamath (PSPB) 11-9, 12-10, 10-12, 11-6.

Source: The Hindu January 08, 2019 16:37 UTC