Date:17/07/2003 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2003/07/17/stories/2003071703992000.htm

Sport - Badminton

Top billing for Krishna

By Our Sports Reporter

TIRUPATI JULY 16. S.D.S. Krishna of West Godavari and B. Srilaxmi of Kakinada were given top billing in the men and women's sections of the inaugural, Mabbu Ramireddy Memorial State Major ranking badminton tournament which got underway at the Srinivasa Sports Complex Indoor Stadium here on Wednesday.

The main draw commences on Thursday.

The seedings: Men: 1. S.D.S. Krishna, 2. K. Srinivasan, 3. Muralikrishna, 4. A. Pridhvi. Women: 1. B. Srilaxmi, 2. Saina Nehwal, 3. Deepthi Shalini, 4. J. Sarada Govardhani.

The qualifiers: Men: singles: Uday Bhaskar, P. Harish, Radhakrishna, Jayan James, Sandeep, Kashyap, K.P. Kannan, Chandrasekhar. Doubles: Prashob & Uday Bhaskar, D.S.N. Raju & K.N. Raju, Radhakrishna & Kiran, Maruthi & Sudarshan, Siadutt & Abhiram, Sanyasi Rao & Murali Mohan, P. Harish & Ch. Suresh and T. Dinesh & T. Krishna.

Women: singles: Radhika Reddy, N. Nivedita, P. Jyotsna.

The results: qualifying rounds: Sandeep bt Naveen 21-11; Jaya Prakash bt Srinivasulu 21-17; Kothiraj bt Suresh 21-9; Kiran Kumar bt Praveen 21-8; Hari w\o Venkatesh; Ramprasad Reddy bt Suji 21-11; Chandu bt Kishore 21-13; Jayan James bt Kiran Kumar 21-3; Abhiram Reddy bt Kanna 21-3; Harish bt Chandu 21-6; Sudarshan bt Ganesh 21-8; Jayaprakash w\o N.S,Manohar; K.N.Raju bt Srinivasulu 21-0; Chandrasekhar bt Ramprasad Reddy 21-2; Ch/Suresh bt Vishal 22-20; Siyu Dutt bt S.Arun 21-0 Uday Bhaskar bt Haji 21-3; Radhakrishna bt Srinu 21-6; Uday Bhaskar bt Rakesh 21-4; K.P.Kannan bt Sudarshan 21-13; Sandeep bt Karthikeya 21-6; Kashyap bt Suresh 21-5; Jayan James bt K.N. Raju 21-19; Radhakrishna bt Jaya Prakash 21-4; Abhiram Reddy bt Harish 21-15.

Doubles: T. Dinesh & Krishna bt Zakir Hussain & Raja 21-3; Khadeer Basha & Amarnath bt Uma Shankar & Jagadish 21-1; Somu & Gogappa bt Gatikachalam & Karthik 21-12; Maruthi & Sudarshan bt Pusparaj & Santosh 21-1; Praveen & Naveen bt Jitendra & Balaji 21-5; Satya & Sivaiah w\o Kognal & Suresh; Uday Bhaskar & Prashob bt Khadeer Basha & Amarnath 21-5; Muralivadhan Rao & Sanyasi Rao bt Praveen & Naveen 21-5; Harish & Suresh bt Ashok & Madhu 21-5; Siyadutt & Abhiram bt Bhaskar & Rakesh 21-17; K.V. Kannan & Kiran bt Ramu & Ramesh 21-11; D.S.N. Raju & K.N. Ramu bt Lokesh & Ganesh 21-9; Siadutt & Abhiram bt Somu & Gogappa 21-6; Radhakrishna & Kiran bt Satya & Sivaiah 21-9.