Date:23/09/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/09/23/stories/2004092308522000.htm

Sport - Badminton

Chetan, Jwala advance

SIVAKASI, SEPT. 22. Top-seeded Chetan Anand of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board defeated K.R. Shiva Kumar of Tamil Nadu 15-3, 15-4 in the men's singles on the opening day of the State Bank of India all-India senior ranking prize money badminton tournament at the A.J. Stadium here on Wednesday.

In the women's section, Jwala Gutta (AP) beat Baswat Talukdar (Assam) 11-2, 11-4.

The results:

Men's singles (first round): Chetan Anand (PSPB) bt K.R. Shiva Kumar (TN) 15-3, 15-4; Rohan Castelino (Kar) bt Prasanth Bhatri (Mah) 15-7, 13-15, 15-6; K. Srinivasan (AP) bt Sathish Mathew (PY) 15-11, 15-2; Hemant Bugal (Rly) bt Joy T. Antony (Ker) 15-2, 15-7; Rituparna Kulkarni (Mah) bt T. Dinesh (Rly) 15-9, 15-4.

Women's singles (first round): Miran George (Ker) bt Ashwini Chowdhary (AP) 11-8, 8-11, 11-3; Dhanya Nayar (Mah) bt T. Sowmya (AP) 11-4, 11-8; Jyoti Swarupa (AP) w/o Aswathi (TN); Krishna Deka Raja (Asm) w/o S. Kavitha (PY); Merit George (Ker) bt Deepti Priyadarshini (AP) 11-9, 11-1; P. Jyotsna (AP) bt Ruchikapil (UP) 11-8, 11-1; Jwala Gutta (AP) bt Baswati Taludar (Asm) 11-2, 11-4; Saradha Gwardhani w/o J. Aiswarya (PY); Srilakshmi (AP) bt Barmati Raha (Rly) 11-6, 11-5; B.R. Meenakshi (Kar) bt Lakshmi Rao (AP) 11-1, 11-1. — Our Correspondent