Gourab Singha reached the 2nd round of the men’s singles beating Hossain Jayan of Maldives by 20-22, 21-13, 21-11 points in the 19-nation Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh International Challenge Badminton that began at Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium in the capital on Tuesday.
State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell inaugurated the six-day meet as chief guest this morning.
Famed shutters Elina Sultana and Urmi Akter qualified for the women’s final round of the meet.Elina beat Rashed Masha of Maldives by 21-7, 21-3 points in the qualifying round while Urmi got walkover as her Thai opponent Atitaye Provanon withdrew her name from the meet.
