Sport - Badminton

Pranoy enters last four

Thiruvananthapuram: H.S. Pranoy, Govind Sivan, Toni Abraham and Anil Kishore moved into the men’s singles semifinals in the Thiruvananthapuram district badminton tournament on Monday.

Neethu Nainan will meet Nanditha Krishan in the women’s final. In the semifinals, Neethu crushed B.S. Sahara 21-8, 21-6 while Nanditha defeated Prathibha Mehta 21-14, 21-17.

The results: Men: Quarterfinals: H.S. Pranoy bt R.J. Anand 21-7, 21-11; Govind Sivan bt P. Suresh Kumar 21-10, 21-1; Toni Abraham bt Firoz Shah 21-9, 21-1; Anil Kishore bt R.Aswin 21-15, 21-17. Boys: Under-16: Quarterfinals: H.S. Pranoy bt Vishnu Rajend ran 21-8, 21-9; Jithin Suresh bt Nithin Thomas Mathew 18-21, 21-10, 21-15; Madhav S. Nath bt S. Bichu 19-21, 21-9, 21-12. Under-13: Semifinal: S. Bichu bt Nikhit George Mathew 21-6, 21-7; Adarsh Mahadevan bt R.S. Prajin 21-7, 21-5; Under-10: Final: Nikhit George Mathew bt Sreehari Nair 21-4, 21-5. Doubles (final): Nikhit George Mathew & Shyam Prasad bt Sreehari Nair & Joe Santhosh 21-9, 21-13.