Date:13/01/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/01/13/stories/2007011307022000.htm

Sport - Badminton

Mohit in semifinals

Special Correspondent

BANGALORE: Mohit Kamath and Y. Sumeet entered the men's singles semifinals of the Wearhouse State-ranking badminton championship at the Sadhashivangar Club courts here on Friday posting convincing wins.

Mohit Kamat defeated K.B. Ajay 21-5, 21-10 while Y. Sumeet beat K.B. Arun 21-14, 21-5.

In the boys' under-19 singles, top-seed M.D. Anup Kiran led the way in to the semifinals with an 18-21, 21-17, 21-10 victory over Darshan Kulkarni. Joining him in the semifinals were Prakyat Nayak, Venkatsh Prasad and Ajay Patil.

The results (singles):

Men: Quarterfinals: Y. Sumeet bt K.B. Arun 21-14, 21-5; Mohit Kamat bt K.B. Ajay 21-5, 21-10. Pre-quarterfinals: V. Amar bt N. Kamath 21-9, 21-16; Darshan Kulkarni bt Shivakumar 21-11, 21-16; Y. Sumeet bt 21-12, 21-7; Sashank Achar bt Adarsh Kumar 21-11, 21-15; Anup Kiran bt Venkatesh Prasad 21-13, 21-17; Mohit Kamath bt Manjunath 21-6, 21-10.

Boys: under-19: Quarterfinals: M.D. Anup Kiran bt Darshan Kulkarni 18-21, 21-17, 21-4; Prakyat Naik bt T.R. Jeevan 23-25, 21-12, 21-4; Venkatesh Prasad bt Dhruv Shanbag 21-19, 21-14; Ajay Patil bt Amit Kumar 21-15, 21-14.

Veterans: Jayaram Pai bt Devendrappa 21-12, 21-14; Ashok Raman bt Muraldihar 21-11, 21-9; Vinay Siddaraj bt P.C. Thakur 18-21, 21-9, 21-14.

Women: Quarterfinals: Saumya Padhye bt Nitya Soslae 21-15, 21-11; Ashwini Ponnappa w/o Manavi Rao.