Date:17/05/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/05/17/stories/2004051707231800.htm

Sport - Badminton

Hard-fought win for Chopra

NEW DELHI, MAY 16. Granshu Chopra moved into the fourth round with a hard-fought 15-12, 7-15, 15-10 win against Rahul Khera in the boys' under-16 section in the Cosco Prize Money badminton tournament at the Karnail Singh Stadium here on Sunday.

The results:

Boys: Under-16 (third round):

Granshu Chopra bt Rahul Khera 15-12, 7-15, 15-10; Satyajit bt Uday Dass 15-3, 15-5; Abhinav Prakash bt Gaurav Sharma 15-6, 15-12; Ashmeet bt Lakshay Manjani 17-14, 15-7; Satyajit bt Jatin 15-11, 15-10; Parit Bhargawa bt Kostav Dass 15-3, 15-10; Bharat Bajaj bt Atul Chauhan 15-6, 15-2.

Under-13 (second round):

Yakshup Chopra bt Chirag Kashyap 15-8, 8-15, 15-3; Jayank Anuja bt Kunal Jain 15-7, 15-3; Jatin bt Varun Goel 15-1, 15-1; Atul Chauhan bt Akash Narang 15-15, 15-1; Surmukh Singh bt Gitesh Atwal 15-10, 15-4; Bharat Bajaj bt K. N. Naveen 15-2, 15-0; Nishant Kumar bt Ketan 15-12, 15-3; Gyan Singh bt S. Atwal 15-11, 3-15, 15-6.

Girls:

Under-13 (first round):

Radhika Bahhar bt Streya Suri 11-8, 11-7; Jhankar Aggarwal bt Deepika Dhiman 11-0, 11-1; Shreya Aggarwal bt Rashmeet Kour 11-4, 11-9.