Date:11/11/2005 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/11/stories/2005111105911900.htm

Sport - Badminton

Jishnu makes main draw

MUMBAI: Maharashtra's promising youngster Jishnu Sanyal made main draw of the Rs. 4 lakh prize money USV Senior All-India Major Ranking Prize Money badminton tournament, organised by the Uday Pawar Badminton Academy (UPBA) at Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana, here on Thursday. He won 21-6 against Haryana's Rohit Bhakar.

Final qualifying results:

Men: Sudeep Bhattacharya (Ben) bt Rudra Kaushik (Del) 21-11; Peeyush (Har) bt Nikhil Kolhatkar (Mah) 21-12; Guru Prasad (BSB) bt Abhidnya Sawant (Mah) 21-2; Tanvir Gill (Del) bt Pawan Singh (Mah) 21-10; Akshay Dewalkar (Mah) bt Rajeev Bajaj (Del) 21-7; Abhijit Naimpally (BSB) bt Yogesh Padukone (Mah) 21-14; Rohit More (Mah) bt Govind Navalkar (Goa) 21-7; Jishnu Sanyal (Mah) bt Rohit Bhakar (Har) 21-6.

Women: Gayatri Vartak (Mah) bt Tanmoyee Nandi (Ben) 15-1; Ridhi Pajwani (Mah) bt Ankita Malgaonkar (Mah) 15-2; Ruth Misha (Kar) bt Neha Rane (Mah) 15-2; Chitra Lekha (Del) bt Jui Agaskar (Mah) 15-11. — Special Correspondent