Date:21/07/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/07/21/stories/2004072104741800.htm

Sport - Badminton

Siddarth bags double

BANGALORE, JULY 20 . S. Siddarth claimed a fine double in the under-10 boys' section in the Ramaiah Rajan memorial State junior ranking badminton championship at Prakash Courts here on Tuesday.

Siddarth won the singles title beating Sharan Pillay 15-3,15-5 and later partnering Sharan, he scored in the doubles final as well. The pair beat Nachiket and Suraj 15-11,15-4.

The results:

Boys: Under-10 singles:final : S.Siddarth bt Sharan Pillay 15-3,15-5. Doubles final: Siddarth /Sharan bt Nachiket /S. Suraj 15-11,15-4.

Under-13 singles: semifinals: Anirudh Shenoy bt G. K. Ashwin 15-3,15-3; Rahul Roshan bt Vinay Hari 15-4,15-3.

Under-16 singles: semifinals: Aditya R. Prakash bt D. S. Samarath 15-8, 15-13; B.J.Anup bt M.D. Anup Kiran 5-15,15-9,15-13.

Under-19 singles: semifinals: V.Amar bt Mohit Kamath 15-9,15-7; Shashank Sastry bt Adip Nayak 5-15,15-7,15-13.

Girls:

Under-10 singles: final: Anisha Karumbaiah bt Nviya Uday 11-1,11-0.

Under-13 singles:semi-finals: Ankita Ashok bt Ankita Rao 11-1,11-2; Tanya Ravi bt K.Sonal More 11-2,11-3.

Under-16 singles : semifinals: V. Ruth Misha bt G. M. Nischita 10-13,11-9,11-4;Ashwini Ponnappa bt Monisha Vinayak 11-3,9-11,13-10.— Our Special Correspondent