Date:20/11/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/11/20/stories/2004112007891800.htm

Sport - Badminton

Vijay-Sarath duo has it easy

SALEM, NOV 19. Vijay Anand and Sarath Chandran managed to successfully thwart the challenge of Balakrishnan and Raja 15-8, 15-10 in the opening round of the State men's doubles invitation badminton tournament here today.

The results:

Vijay Anand/Sarath Chandran bt Balakrishnan/Raja 15-8, 15-10.

David Anand/Jerry Martin bt Rajavel/Shivakumar 4-15, 15-4, 15-7.

Karthikeyan/Anna Srinivasan bt Senthilvelan/Mutharasu 15-13, 15-9.

Venkatesh/Malik bt Maran/Roy Mathew 15-12, 15-10.