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Bhat and Vidyadhar in semifinals

By Our Special Correspondent

MUMBAI, FEB. 10 Petroleum Sports Promotion Board shuttlers Arvind Bhat and J. Vidyadhar advanced into the men's semifinals of the Air India National Ranking badminton tournament, organised by Uday Pawar Badminton Academy. The top seeded Bhat defeated K. Tanishik (Andhra Pradesh) 15-4, 15-9 at the Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana courts on Thursday.

Vidyadhar overcame Rutupurna Kulkarni (Maharashtra) 15-0, 9-15, 15-6 .

The results:

Men's singles (quarterfinals): 1-Arvind Bhat (PSPB) bt K. Tanishak (AP) 15-4, 15-9; 4-J. B. S. Vidyadhar (PSPB) bt Rutupurna Kulkarni (Mah) 15-0, 9-15, 15-6; 3-Hemant Duggal (Rlys) bt Ravindra Singh (UP) 15-12, 15-5; 2-Anup Sridhar (PSPB) bt C. M. Shashidhar (AP) 15-4, 15-4.

Men's singles (pre-quarterfinals): 1-Arvind Bhat (PSPB) bt B. Kiran Kumar (Rlys) 15-17, 15-5, 15-13; K. Tanishak (AP) bt Jibi Varghese (Chd) 15-3, 15-1; 4-J. B. S. Vidyadhar (PSPB) bt Nimish Goyal (MP) 15-4, 17-14; Rutupurna Kulkarni (Mah) bt Ajit Wijetilak (Kar) 17-14, 15-0; Ravindra Singh (UP) bt Amit Khadgi (Mah) 15-5, 15-5; 3-Hemant Duggal (Rly) bt Anand Pawar (Mah) 10-15, 15-10, 15-6; C. M. Shashidhar (AP) bt Joy T. Anthony (Ker) 15-7, 17-15; 2-Anup Sridhar (PSPB) bt Mayank Behl (Rlys) 15-4, 15-11.

Men's doubles (pre-quarterfinals): 1-Sanave Thomas/Rupesh Kumar bt T. Dinesh/Jayan James 15-10, 15-5; Ramesh Naidu/Uday Bhaskar bt Abhijeet Naimpally/Guruprasad 15-3, 15-6; 4-Vijaydeep Singh/J B S Vidyadhar bt Rutupurna Kulkarni/Jibi Varghese 15-12, 15-9.

Women's singles (quarterfinals): Varsha Belawadi (Kar) bt Dipti Ranjan (Rlys) 9-11, 11-9, 11-7; 1-Trupti Murgunde (PSPB) bt Dipti Shalini (Rlys) 2-0 (retd); 3-Dhanya Nair (Rlys) bt Parul Rawat (RLY) 10-13, 11-1, 11-7; 4-Aparna Balan (Ker) bt Abantika Deka (Asm) 11-8, 11-3.

Women's doubles (quarterfinals): Dipti Priyadarshani/ Dipti Shalini bt Poonam Tiwari/Parul Rawat 15-9, 15-5; Sarda Govardhani/Dhanya Nair bt Abantika Deka/Varsha Belawadi 15-10, 2-15, 15-6.

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