Date:15/10/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/10/15/stories/2007101571922100.htm

Sport - Badminton

Rohit moves into semifinals

Special Correspondent

DEHRADUN: Rohit Yadav of Andhra Pradesh defeated Aditya Joshi of Madhya Pradesh 21-13, 21-17 and moved into the under-13 boys’ semifinals of the 21st National sub-junior badminton championship at the badminton hall of the Parade Ground here on Sunday.

Other results:

Boys: Under-16 (pre-quarterfinals): B. Sai Praneeth bt Aashish Pandit 21-12, 21-6; Deepak Bisht bt Praful Joshi 21-18, 21-14; Anurag Thakkar bt Abhishek Phukan 21-17, 21-18; Saarang Lakhani bt N.V.S. Vijetha 22-20, 21-14; Sameer Verma bt Rajkumar 21-16, 21-17; H.S. Prannoy bt Ajay Patil 21-15, 15-21, 21-15; Manu Attri bt Shubankar Dey 14-21, 25-23, 21-18; Hirak Jyoti Neog bt Anand Tiwari 21-12, 21-18.

Under-13 (pre-quarterfinals): Rohit Yadav bt Sai Tanuj 18-21, 21-16, 22-20; Aditya Joshi bt Subhrajit Pal 21-13, 21-16; Arshalan Naqvi bt Sai Ajit Reddy 21-12, 10-21, 21-10; Shyam Prasad bt Sushrat Karmakar 9-21, 21-16, 21-17; Lal Tan Puia bt Sudhanshu Medsikar 21-16, 21-19; Santosh Ravuri bt Harsheel Dani 21-19, 13-21, 24-22; B. Sai Ram bt Saumitra Shivnekar 21-10, 21-7; Arun George bt S. Siddharth 21-13, 21-10.

Girls: Under-16 (pre-quarterfinals): N. Siki Reddy bt Kaberi Phukon 21-8, 21-7; Sanyogita Ghorpade bt P. Lavanya 21-17, 21-13; Saili Rane bt Dikshita 13-21, 21-16, 21-16; Vijetha Bhargava bt K. Suneri 21-16, 21-6; Saee Purandare bt Sanya Seshadri 21-15, 21-14; Tanvi Laad bt Sara Naqvi 21-14, 17-21, 21-19; Uttara Prakash bt Leela Lakshmi 21-17, 21-14; Prajakta Sawant bt Alka Kumari 21-7, 21-8.

Under-13 (quarterfinals): P.V. Sindhu bt Sudha Kalyani 23-21, 21-11; Sara Naqvi bt G. Ruthvika Shivani 21-13, 21-5; Anjali Rawat bt Pramada 21-11, 21-10; Manisha w/o Anisha Karumbia. Pre-quarterfinals: P.V. Sindhu bt Sangeeta 21-18, 21-13; Sudha Kalyani bt Rituparna Das 16-21, 21-15, 21-18; Sara Naqvi bt Meghana 21-5, 21-9; G. Ruthvika Shivani bt S. Poorvisha 23-21, 21-14; Pramada bt Pooja Bharali 21-13, 21-12; Anjali Rawat bt Jamuna Rani 21-12, 21-17; Anisha Karubia bt Khushbu Patel 18-21, 21-18, 27-25; Manisha bt V. Harika 21-12, 21-14.