Date:20/04/2005 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/04/20/stories/2005042006751800.htm

Sport - Badminton

Diganth posts narrow win

Sports Reporter

BANGALORE: Diganth scored a narrow 21-18 victory over R.N Suraj in the boys' under-16 section to enter the main draw of the third Shivraj Memorial State badminton ranking tournament here on Tuesday.

The results: Boys (U-16) singles qualifiers for the main draw: Rishiket bt Prajwal Nag 21-3; R Pranam bt Nishath 21-11; Rahul Roshan bt Mohammed Amir 21-8; Rajas Jainalkar bt Vishwas 21-5; Diganth bt R.S Suraj 21-18; Darshan Kulkarni bt G.K Ashwin 21-11; Bhushan Anvekar bt Rajeev Nagpal 21-11; R.N Suraj bt Siddahrth Lingde 21-1; Ajay Patil bt S Siddharth 21-8; NS Naren bt N Kiran 21-15; Sai Praneeth bt K Yashashvi 21-16; D Nachiket bt Siddharth Panth 21-12; J Vijayprasad bt M.A Ashwin 21-3; Jayanth Gowda bt Suraj Shetty 21-8; Diganth bt Abhiman Balaji 21-4;

Girls (U-16) singles (1st round): Apoorva Jagdale bt Rachitha 11-3,11-0; Neha Manjunath bt Madhurya 11-2,11-4; Gowri Mohite bt Sridevi 11-6,11-0; Menaka Kayi bt R.D Sahitya 11-3,11-1; Prateeksha Ramesh bt Pooja Anvekar 11-5,11-3; Sonal More bt Vrideshi Pande 11-0,11-3; S Raksha bt Nischala 11-3,11-2.