Date:29/10/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/10/29/stories/2006102908051600.htm

Sport - Badminton

Abhimanyu advances

Sports Reporter

PUDUCHERRY: Top seed Abhimanyu Singh of Madhya Pradesh rallied to beat S. Arvind of Andhra Pradesh 21-11, 15-21, 21-10 in a boys' under-16 pre-quarterfinal match of 20th sub-junior National badminton championship, conducted by the Pondicherry State Badminton Association, here on Saturday.

The results:

Boys: singles: under-16: pre-quarterfinals: Abhimanyu Singh (MP) bt S. Arvind (AP) 21-11, 15-21, 21-10; Sai Praneeth (AP) bt M.R. Manikandan (TN) 21-17, 21-18; M. Prashanth (AP) bt Naveen Kumar (AP) 21-17, 21-14; Parin Chopra (Mah) bt A. Naresh (AP) 21-4, 21-6; Pratesh Patel (Guj) bt Ishan Naqvi (Mah) 25-23, 21-18; Nandagopal (AP) bt Qamar Ahmed (UP) 21-14, 21-14; B. Sumeeth Reddy (AP) bt V. Anvesh (AP) 21-16, 21-17; Aditya R. Prakash (Kar) bt Hirak Jyothi Neog (Asm) 21-18, 21-18.

Girls: Singles: under-16: pre-quarterfinals: N. Sikki Reddy (AP) bt Samya (AP) 21-8, 21-16; Parvathy Suresh bt Bhagirathi Sharma (Mah) 21-17, 23-21; Pradnya Gadre (Mah) bt P. Lavanya (AP) 21-7, 21-11; Vaishali Baria (Guj) bt Prija Chandran (Ker) 21-15, 21-12; Ankita Ashok (Kar) bt Daya Elsa Jacob (Ker) 21-13, 21-16; Vinitha Ghate (Mah) bt M. Chandana (AP) 21-17, 21-14; Prajakta Sawant (Mah) bt Anuradha Shrikande (Mah) 21-16, 21-14; P.C. Tulasi (Ker) bt Saile Rane (Mah) 21-23, 21-16, 21-16.