Date:16/08/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/16/stories/2004081604431500.htm

Sport - Badminton

Anisha bags title

MYSORE, AUG. 15. Top-seed Anisha D. Karumbiah (Bangalore) registered a 11-8, 11-0 win over Devika Ravindra (Mandya) to clinch the girls under-10 singles title in the Karnataka State junior badminton championships here on Sunday.

The results:

Girls: Under-10: Final: Anisha D. Karumbiah (Blr) bt Devika Ravindra (Mdya) 11-8, 11-0. Semifinals: Anisha D. Karumbiah bt Swathi Poorvisha (Blr) 7-11, 11-8, 11-3; Devika Ravindra bt Nivya Udhay (Blr) 1-11, 11-5, 11-4. Under-19: Quarterfinals: G.M. Nischitha (Blr) bt Nitya Sosale (Blr) 11-8, 11-0; Ashwini Ponnappa (Blr) bt Manavi Rao (Blr) 11-5, 11-7; Monisha Vinayak (Blr) bt Shruthi Sridhar (Blr) 11-7, 11-0; V. Ruth Mishra (Blr) bt Saumya Pandhey (Blr) 11-8, 13-10. Under-13: Pre-quarterfinals: Ankitha Ashok bt Poorna Prabhe (Mys) 11-1, 11-0; Pooja Anvekar (Bgm) bt Devaki Menon 13-10, 13-10; K. Sonal More bt Ila Bhide (Bgm) 11-0, 11-2; Jacquline Kunnath bt Uttara Prakash 11-1, 11-2; Taanya Ravi bt R.B. Meghana 11-0, 11-0.

Boys: Under-13: Pre-quarterfinals: Prakash Jolly bt Abhishek Yeligar (Bgm) 15-11, 15-5; Shashank Menon bt S. Vikramanka 15-11, 15-9; Himanshu Kotbagi bt Nikhil Nagaraj 15-4, 15-4; Anirudha Shenoy bt R.N. Suraj 15-2, 15-5. Under-10: Semifinals: S. Siddarth (Blr) bt B. Vishwanath Kiran (Blr) 15-12, 15-6; Sharan Pillay (Blr) bt M.C. Srivas (Blr) 15-10, 8-15, 15-7. Under-19: Pre-quarterfinals: V. Anmar bt Vikas (N'gud) 15-1, 15-2; C.S. Darshan bt K.B. Arun 15-4, 15-7; Shashank Shastry bt Raghavendra 15-4, 15-0; Arun Pemmiah bt Adeeb Ahmed Taqvi 7-15, 15-7, 15-4; B.S. Phalgun bt K.B. Ajay 15-7, 15-2.