Date:01/12/2005 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/12/01/stories/2005120106062000.htm

Sport - Badminton

Saina, Jishnu advance

Prinicipal Correspondent

KOZHIKODE: Saina Nehwal and Jishnu Sanyal, the top seeds in the girls' and boys' singles respectively, moved to the semifinals of the National junior badminton championship at the V.K. Krishna Menon Indoor Stadium here on Wednesday.

The results:

Boys' singles: Quarterfinals: Jishnu Sanyal (Mah) bt Saurav Kapoor (Har) 15-10, 15-5; N. Srujan (AP) bt Ameya Joshi (Mah) 15-6, 15-4; Ajay Jairam (Mah) bt Amit Khadgi (Rly) 15-6, 15-12; P. Kashyap (AP) bt Kaushik Pal (Ben) 15-5, 15-6. Pre-quarterfinals: Jishnu bt Alwin Francis (Ker) 15-4, 15-2; Saurav bt Himanshu Kharbanda (Del) 15-9, 15-12; Srujan bt V. Amar (Kar) 14-17, 15-7, 15-7; Kaushik bt Parikshit Bhagwati (Asm) 15-6, 15-4; Kashyap bt Rohit Ranaut (Del) 15-8, 15-4.

Doubles: Quarterfinals: Ram C. Vijay/Arun Vishnu (Ker) bt Saurav Kapoor (Har)/Anshuman Hazarika (Asm) 15-10, 15-3; Suranjan Babora/Dibya Jyoti Bora (Asm) bt Shashank Shastri/G.M. Nandish (Kar) 15-8, 15-2; N. Srujan/L. Lokehs (AP) bt Shankar Gopan/Alwin Franics (Ker) 17-16, 15-8; Jishnu Sanyal/Akshay Devalkar (Mah) bt Aloxious Vijay/Silambarasan (Pon) 15-3, 15-10.

Girls' singles (quarterfinals): Saina Nehwal (AP) bt Ruth Misha (Kar) 11-1, 11-7; Sayali Gokhale (Mah) bt Samprada Sahasrabudhe (Mah) 11-3, 11-8; Aditi Mutatkar (Mah) bt Gayatri Vartak (Mah) 13-11, 11-0; Aparna Balan (Ker) bt Ridhi Pajwani (Mah) 11-8, 7-11, 11-9.