Date:12/06/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/12/stories/2008061261282200.htm

Sport - Badminton

Vaishnavi excels

BANGALORE: Vaishnavi Iyer accounted for the fourth-seeded Shriyanshi Pardeshi (MP) 21-15, 21-6 in the quarterfinals and then toppled second seed Rituparna Das of West Bengal 24-22, 21-10 in the semifinals of the girls’ under-13 event on the penultimate day of the Union Bank seventh all-India junior ranking badminton tournament here on Wednesday.

The results:

Boys: Under-13 singles (quarterfinals): Aditya Joshi bt Sai Ajit Reddy 21-8, 21-18; Arsalan Naqvi bt Laa Talar 19-21, 21-14, 21-12; K.P. Chaithanya bt C. Upendra 19-21, 21-13, 21-18; Harsheel Dani bt V. Gangadhar Rao 21-14, 21-11.

Under-16 singles (quarterfinals): Sameer Verma bt Varun Sarode 21-10, 21-17; C. Rohit Yadav bt Pratul Joshi 21-17, 21-15; Vinay Hari bt Bhaskar Chakraborty 15-21, 21-14, 21-12; Vishal Dev Reddy bt Shubankar Dey 21-14, 21-15.

Under-19 singles (quarterfinals): Sumeeth Reddy bt M. Prashanth 21-14, 22-20; K. Ajay Kumar bt Ravi Singla 21-16, 17-21, 21-12; K. Nandagopal bt P. Vikas Harsha 21-12, 21-16; M.D. Anup Kiran bt M.R. Manikandan 18-21, 21-19, 21-18.

Girls: Under-13 singles (semifinals): R. Jamuna Rani bt G. Ruthvika Shivani 21-18, 21-7; Vaishnavi Iyer bt Rituparna Das 24-22, 21-10.

Doubles (semifinals): Rituparna & Ruthvika bt Vijetha & Shreya Mali 21-7, 21-13; Archana & Subashini bt Harika & Shreyanshi 16-21, 21-15, 21-18.

Under-16 singles (quarterfinals): Saili Rane bt Daya Elsa Jacob 21-16, 21-15; Tanvi Laad bt P.V. Sindhu 21-9, 21-15; Uttara Prakash bt Riya Pillai 21-17, 21-19; Sheshadri Sanyal bt Sara Naqvi 8-21, 21-11, 21-14.

Under-19 singles (semifinals): Anuradha Shrikhande bt Sanyogita Ghorpade 17-21, 21-18, 21-18; P.V. Sindhu bt Jacqueline R. Kunnath 21-17, 21-11.— Special Correspondent