Akshita, Nishita shown the door

On a day of stunning upsets in the girls draw, top seeded Andhra Pradesh shuttler Akshita A was given the marching orders in the third singles round of the 27th Sub-Junior National Badminton Championship-2013 here on Thursday.

Maharashtra player, Malvika Bansod upset her applecart with a decisive 21-16, 21-15 win to join other unseeded players created their own dream scripts.

Richa Muktibodh from Karnataka trounced third seeded Andhra Pradesh player Nishita Varma Pakalapati 21-16, 21-14 while Uttaranchal shuttler, Himanshi Rawat trounced eighth seeded Uttar Pradesh player Priya Shukla 21-12, 21-11.

Chandigarh girl Aakarshi Kashyap, seeded seventh, was shown the door by Simran Singh from Maharashtra 21-8, 21-16.Several other lower seeded players were also eliminated in the third round, although the boys draw did not have any major upsets.

Results Round 3-Boys: Aakash Yadav (1) bt Tuhin Chetia 21-8, 21-8; Sonam Tamang bt Karan Negi 21-15, 17-21, 21-14; Tarun Gakhad (7) bt Rohan Gurbani 20-22, 21-19, 21-13; Anirudh Pandey bt Ritansu Singh Rana 21-8, 21-15; Akash Thakur (3) bt Varaprasad Kanakala 21-13, 21-19; Yash Raikwar (9)bt Chayanit Joshi 21-17, 21-19; Akshay Pratap Singh Chauhan (8) bt Syamprasad Udayakumar 24-22, 21-13; Vishnuvardhan Goud P (10) bt Aditya Chouhan 21-11, 21-14; Lokeshwaran R bt Anish Kumar Mishra (12) 21-16, 21-17; Abhyansh Singh (6) bt Arunesh H 22-20, 21-13; Varun Dave bt Jacob Thomas (16) 21-16, 21-10; Siddhant Salar bt Tukum Laa (4) 12-21, 21-18, 21-12; Dishanta Debnath (11) bt Sai Karri Shanmukha Anjan 21-14, 21-7; Maisnam Meiraba (5) bt Priyanshu Rajawat 21-10, 21-17; Pranay R (15) bt Kunal Sokar 20-22, 21-11, 21-17; Angad Borchetia (2) bt Sanjay Kumawat 21-4, 21-10.

Girls singles: Malvika Bansod bt Akshita A (1) 21-16, 21-15; Winona S (12) bt Mannat Brar 21-9, 21-6; Himanshi Rawat bt Priya Shukla (8) 21-12, 21-11; Drithi Yatheesh bt Sneha Rajwar 21-15, 21-8; Maini Boruah (4) bt Lalrinhlui 21-10, 21-6; Smit Toshniwal bt Manjushri Raut (11) 21-12, 21-14; Simran Singh bt Aakarshi Kashyap (7) 21-8, 21-16; Riya Sachan bt Jasmine Sahu (16) 21-14, 21-7; Chimran Kalita (10) bt Lakshmi Priyanka S S 21-18, 17-21, 21-18; Shivani Pathi (5) bt Saie Nandurkar 21-18, 21-15; Simranjit Kaur (14) bt Nupur Vasavada 21-19, 21-14; Richa Muktibodh bt Nishita Varma Pakalapati (3) 21-16, 21-14; Amolika Singh (13) bt Durva Gupta 21-14, 21-6; Ritika Thaker (6) bt Nivetha M 21-13, 21-14; Unnati Bisht (9) bt Hritika Sharma 21-9, 21-7; Deyashi Kanjibillya (2) bt Kavipriya S 21-14, 21-8.