Urmi Akhter of Bangladesh, who reached the women’s singles pre-quarterfinal in the Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh International Challenge Badminton Tournament, has been ruled out from the tournament due to an ankle injury on the 3rd day of the meet at Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium here on Thursday.

Ira Sharma of India, Urmi’s opponent, advanced to the quarterfinal after getting ‘Walkover’.

Earlier, Urmi, who beat her Malaysian rival Maisha by 2-1 sets on the 2nd day of the meet on Wednesday, her injury also forced her partner Dulali Halder to withdraw from women’s doubles competition.

Another Bangladeshi pair Elina Sultana and Shapla Akhter were also eliminated from the women’s doubles meet losing Indian partners Manisha K and Ruthaparma Panda by 4-21 and 11-21 sets.

In the men’s doubles, Bangladeshi partners Minhaj Mohammed and Mozammel Hossain reached quarterfinal beating Amrulo Baksuleiv and Artiom Savati of Uzbekistan by 22-20, 21-15 while another local pair of Gourab Singh and Abdul Hamid Lokman were eliminated from the race losing Indian partners M R Arjun and Dhruba Kapali by 4-21 and 11-21 sets.