Bengaluru Bengaluru: Former champions Mithun Manjunath and Saurabh Verma used their experience to defeat their much younger rivals in the second round of the 86th Senior National Badminton Tournament in Bengaluru on Saturday. According to a release from the Badminton Association of India (BAI), Mithun defeated third seed Bharat Raghav 21-9, 21-18 before Verma defeated Abhinav Garg 21-17, 21 in the men's singles second round matches. Defeated by -17. Defending champion Chirag Sen also made a great start to his campaign with a 21-15, 21-15 win over Jeet Patel.

In women's singles, Anmol Kharab made her intentions clear by defeating Deepali Gupta 21-8, 21-6, while last edition's losing finalist Tanvi Sharma also reached third place with a 21-8, 21-6 win over Flora Engineer. Entered the round easily. While the favorites gave their best performances, there were some upsets too, revealing the depth of talent in Indian badminton.

In women's singles, Rujula Ramu defeated 10th seed Surya Karishma Tamiri 21-19, 19-21, 21-17, while Jiah Rawat came back from a game down to beat 9th seed Shruti Mundada 25-27. , 21-14, 21-10. In men's singles category, Rohan Gurbani finished 11th Seeded K Lokesh Reddy was defeated 21-15, 21-1, while Raghu M defeated 15th seeded Karthik Jindal 21-19, 21-16.

Experience triumphed over youth in the women's doubles, as Kanika Kanwal and Bharti Pal teamed up to defeat sixth seeds Amrita P and Radhika Sharma 25-23, 21-17. The 86th Senior National Badminton Championships concluded an exciting domestic season. Symbol, which has seen the rise of young talent and resurgence of experienced players. The championship is being held at the Karnataka Badminton Association Courts from 18-24 December. This is the third time since the turn of the century that Bengaluru is hosting the Senior Nationals. The total prize money in the championship is Rs 50 lakh, which includes Rs 10 lakh for the team championship.