Date:03/08/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/08/03/stories/2006080310242000.htm

Sport - Badminton

Pradeep upsets Naveen

Sports Reporter

Ravulapalem: Kurnool's Pradeep Kumar created a flutter defeating former State shuttler Naveen Kumar 21-16, 13-21, 21-19 in the first round of AP the State junior (u-19) badminton championships here on Wednesday.

In a keenly fought contest, Pradeep took advantage of Naveen's series of unforced errors in the decisive game.

As many as 157 shuttlers from Andhra Pradesh are taking part in the three-day tournament. Minister for Animal Husbandry G. Surya Rao inaugurated the event. AP Badminton Association secretary Ch. Punnaiah Choudary and East Godavari Badminton Association president T. Narayana Reddy were present.

Boys Singles: (1st round): Laxman Sathwik (Khm) bt Gopikrishna (WG) 21-10, 21-16, G. Dutt (RR) bt Vichal (M'nagar) 21-10, 21-10, Radhakrishna (Nal) bt Vinay (Atp) 21-10, 21-10, Lokesh (Ctr) bt Venugopal (Gnt) 21-9, 21-11, Pradeep Kumar (Knl) bt Naveen Kumar (EG) 21-16, 13-21, 21-19, Purendu (Vzm) bt K. Chaitanya Reddy (Khm) 21-11, 21-7, Ajay Kumar (RR) bt Yeshus (Atp) 21-5, 21-2, K. Tarun (RR) bt Pradeesh (Nlr) 21-10, 21-7, Ishaad (Nlr) bt S.S. Raghunandan (Vsp) 22-20, 21-16, Vinay Kumar Reddy (Hyd) bt S. Sankar (WG) 21-12, 21-13, Anand Babu (EG) bt Ghouse (Krm) 21-16, 21-16, Anvesh (Nal) bt K. Bahadhur (Nzm) 21-9, 21-10, Rajesh (Pkm) bt Bhardwaj (Mdk) 14-21, 24-22, 21-18, Sunith Reddy (Hyd) bt Niranjan (Ctr) 22-20, 21-17, S. Arvind (Vsp) bt Sriharsh (Adl) 21-6, 21-14, Karthik (Ctr) bt Kanishkanand (RR) 21-12, 21-13, Prahas (M'nagar ) bt Vasu (Vzm) 21-12, 21-15, Arjun Reddy (Hyd) bt Ravi Kumar (Krm) 19-21, 21-16, 21-13, Sai Praneeth (RR) bt Trinadh (Vzm) 21-16, 21-14, Jawahar (EG) Arun Kumar (Nzm) 21-8, 21-4, Prashanth Reddy (Hyd) bt D.G. Pradeep (Sklm) 21-8, 21-8, B. Vinash (WG) bt P. Raj (Adl) 21-13, 21-13, Vijay Kumar Reddy (Hyd) bt Nikhil (RR) 21-18, 21-17, Nanda Gopal (Gnt) bt Naresh (Knl) 21-18, 21-14, S. Appa Rao (EG) bt Gopinath (Gnt) 21-13, 21-10.

Girls singles (1st round): R. Kumari (Vzm) bt Tulasi (Vsp) 21-9, 21-6, Mounica (Vsp) bt K. Aruna (Vzm) 21-11, 21-17, P. Lavanya (APBA) bt Hasina (Khm) 21-2, 21-0, A.L. Priyanka (Kna) bt Bhanupriya (Atp) 21-10, 21-10, Moulika (Vsp) bt Sravanthi (EG) 21-11, 21-15.