Date:07/09/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/09/07/stories/2006090710382000.htm

Sport - Badminton

Aditi Mutathar in last eight

Bangalore: Aditi Mutatkar of Maharashtra defeated Andhra's P. Jyotsna 21-12, 21-13 in a Union Bank of India all-India junior ranking badminton tournament girls' under-19 pre-quarterfinal at the KBA Courts here on Wednesday.

Other results (pre-quarterfinals):

Girls: Under-19: Nitya Pandit (Mah) bt Nitya Sosale (Kar) 21-12, 21-7; Ruth Misha (Kar) bt Anitha (Rly) 21-16, 24-22; Monisha Vinayak (Kar) bt J. Shruti (AP) 21-13, 16-21, 21-8; Sonal More (Mah) bt Ashwini Ponnappa (Kar) 21-16, 21-18; Arundathi Pantawane (Mah) bt Ankita Ashok (Kar) 21-8, 21-13; Jui Agaskar (Mah) bt Parsa Naqui (U.P.) 21-14, 21-15; Mudra Dahinge (Mah) bt G.M. Nischitha (Kar) 14-21, 22-20, 21-16.

Under-16: Sikki Reddy (AP) bt Parvathy Suresh (Ker) 21-13, 21-17; Megha Merin Ninan (Ker) bt S. Prajakta (Mah) 21-18, 15-21, 21-16; Vinitha Ghate (Mah) bt Daya Elsa Jacob (Ker) 21-18, 21-15; M. Chandana (AP) bt Vaishali Baria (Guj) 21-13, 18-21, 21-15; Anuradha Shrikhande (Mah) bt Deepika (AP) 21-5, 21-7; Pragnya Gadre (Mah) bt Ankita Ashok (Kar) 12-21, 21-9, 21-18; Shravani (AP) bt Jacqualine Kunnath (Kar) 21-15, 19-21, 21-6; Thulasi (Ker) bt Sailee Rane (Mah) 21-12, 21-11.

Boys: Under-19: Aditya Elango (TN) bt Jishnu Sanyal (AI) 21-18, 21-18; Ratikanta Saha (WB) bt Chaitanya Naik (Mah) 21-13, 21-19; Arun Nandaluri (AP) bt Samrudha Rathod (Mah) 21-16, 22-20; Aditya Prakash (Kar) bt Vinay Kumar Reddy (AP) 21-13, 18-21, 21-18; Ajay Jayaram (Mah) bt Abhimanyu Singh (MP) 21-6, 21-10; Sai Praneeth (AP) bt L. Lokesh (AP) 21-13, 21-10; Saurav Kapoor (Har) bt Shankar Gopan (Ker) 21-13, 21-12; Srujan Nandaluri (AP) bt Saurabh Varma (MP) 21-17, 21-14.

Under-16: Abhimanyu Singh (MP) bt Pranoy (Ker) 21-13, 21-15; Sai Praneeth (AP) bt Neeraj Rehman (Ker) 20-22, 21-10, 21-12; M. Prashant (AP) bt Prakash Jolly (Kar) 21-16, 21-19; Prateek Patel (Guj) bt Manikandan (TN) 21-14, 21-19; Sumeeth Reddy (AP) bt V. Anvesh (AP) 21-16, 21-12; Adithya Prakash (Kar) bt R. Vijay Kumar. (AP) 21-8, 21-15; Pareen Chopda (Mah) bt Nagender (AP) 21-9, 21-8; Sourabh Verma (MP) bt Ajay Kumar (AP) 21-15, 15-21, 21-8.