Date:28/10/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/10/28/stories/2006102802701700.htm

Sport - Badminton

Sikki Reddy has it easy

Sports Reporter

PUDUCHERRY: Top-seeded N. Sikki Reddy of Andhra Pradesh scored an easy 21-5, 21-11 win over Anuradha of Haryana to enter the girls' under-16 pre-quarterfinals of the 20th sub-junior National badminton championship, conducted by the Pondicherry State Badminton Association, here on Friday.

In the boys' under-16 section, top seed Abhimanyu Singh of Madhya Pradesh and second seed Aditya R. Prakash of Karnataka won their respective third round matches comfortably.

The results:

Boys: Under-16: Singles: Third round: Abhimanyu Singh (MP) bt Amit Sahu (Cht) 21-14, 21-7; Aditya R. Prakash (Kar) bt Bharat Bajaj (Del) 21-15, 21-13; S. Arvind (AP) bt Rajkumar (Pun) 21-8, 22-20; B. Sai Praneeth (AP) bt Deepak Bisht (Utr) 21-10, 21-15; M.R. Manikandan (TN) bt Ajay Kumar (AP) 11-21, 21-13, 23-21; M. Prashanth (AP) bt Dharamveer Gautam (UP) 19-21, 21-17, 21-16; Naveen Kumar (AP) bt H.S. Pranoy (Ker) 21-19, 15-21, 21-19; Parin Chopra (Mah) bt Sarfaraj Azam (Bih) 21-9, 21-16; A. Naresh (AP) bt Satyanarayana Rao (TN) 21-14, 21-15; Ishan Naqvi (Mah) bt Amit Dey (WB) 21-14, 21-8; Pratik Patel (Guj) bt Ravi Singhala (Har) 24-22, 21-12; K. Nanda Gopal (AP) bt Abhishek (Asm) 21-18, 21-17; Qamar Ahmed (UP) bt Tushar Badecha (Cht) 21-11, 25-23; V. Anvesh (AP) bt Bob Sharma (Pun) 21-17, 18-21, 23-21; B. Sumith Reddy (AP) bt Anurag Thakkar (MP) 21-19, 21-19; Hirak Jyoti Neog (Asm) bt Nirab Jyothi Bora (Asm) 21-18, 21-12.

Doubles: First round: M. Joseph/ L. Ramenga (Miz) bt A. Naresh/ Vijay Kumar (AP) 23-21, 15-21, 21-15; Vikas Harsha/ Lakshman (AP) bt Harshanth/ Thennavan (Pud) 21-6, 21-7; K. Nanda Gopal/ V. Anvesh (AP) bt Shanta Kumar/ Ranjan (Pud) 21-3, 21-7; Bob Sharma/ Akshit Bedi (Pun) bt Rishav/ Ayush (Utr) 21-11, 21-9; Jaya Javahar/ S. Arvind (AP) bt R.K. Cinir/ W. Jemes (Man) 21-14, 21-14; Nikhilesh/ Hirak Jyoti Neog (Asm) bt Laa Talar (Aru/ Mandeep (AP) 21-18, 21-19; Dharamveer/ Manu Attrey (UP) bt Biswajit Sanik/ Sandip Hetis (Tri) 21-10, 21-9; Gaurav/ Akshit Mahajan (Har) bt Mohamad Raza/ Manibharati (Pud) 21-9, 22-20; P. Naveen Kumar/ M. Pradesh (AP) bt Abhishek/ Pranay (AP) 21-8, 21-16; Eshan Naqvi/ Yashodhan Marathe (Mah) bt Suraj Shekhar/ S. Goutam (Ori) 21-9, 21-11; Sourav Chatterjee/ Amit Dey (WB) bt Sameer Verma/ Arpit Verma (MP) 21-16, 21-14; Sai Praneeth/ Ajay Kumar (AP) bt Ravi Rai/ Kiran Rai (Sik) 21-9, 21-15.

Girls: Under-16: Singles: Third round: N. Sikki Reddy (AP) bt Anuradha (Har) 21-5, 21-11; Samya Mehkri (AP) bt Sheetal Kargeti (Utr) 21-15, 21-14; Parvathy Suresh (Ker) bt Arzoo (HP) 21-8, 21-13; Bhagirathi Sharma (Mah) bt Saziya Khan (MP) 21-14, 21-16; Pradnya Gadre (Mah) bt Aditi (Arun) 21-13, 21-14; P. Lavanya (AP) bt Shruthi Shridhar (Kar) 17-21, 21-18, 22-20; Vaishali Baria (Guj) bt Even Monifee (Pud) 21-2, 21-1; Prija Chandran (Ker) bt A. Karuna (AP) 21-17, 21-13; Daya Elsa Jacob (Ker) bt Megha Merin Ninan (Ker) 21-7, 21-10; Ankita Ashok (Kar) bt Jyoti Rawat (Har) 21-8, 21-11; M. Chandana (AP) bt I.R.D. Sravani (AP) 8-21, 21-17, 21-18; Shikha Singh (Jhr) bt Vinita Ghate (Mah) 21-8, 21-12; Anuradha Shrikhande (Mah) bt Rituparna Kalita (Asm) 21-11, 21-13; Prajkta Sawant (Mah) bt Rebbecca Anthony Raj (Pud) 21-10, 21-10; Saili Rane (Mah) bt Vijeta Bhargav (MP) 22-20, 13-21, 21-16; P.C. Tulasi (Ker) bt Saloni Jain (UP) 21-12, 21-8.