Rising Stars Shine, Top Seeds Advance at National Badminton Championships

• Unnati Hooda and Tanvi Sharma secured dominant wins in the 87th Senior National Badminton Championships.
• Top seed Unnati Hooda defeated wildcard Akanksha Matte 21-8, 21-18.
• World junior championships silver medallist Tanvi Sharma beat Asian U-15 gold medallist Shaina Manimuthu 21-10, 21-14.
• Sanskar Saraswat, Aakarshi Kashyap, Ashmita Chaliha, Rounak Chauhan, and D S Saneeth also advanced.
• 16th seed Purva Barve was the only seeded player eliminated, losing to M Meghana Reddy in a close match.

Why It Matters: Young talents and established players progressed, with one seeded upset, at the National Badminton Championships.