Date:29/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/29/stories/2008072960721900.htm

Sport - Badminton

Krishna, Monisha in main draw

MUMBAI: Karnataka shuttlers S.D.S. Krishna and Monisha Vinayak forced their way into the men’s and women’s main draw, winning close final qualifying round ties in the first Tata Open all-India badminton tournament at the Bombay Gymkhana on Monday.

Krishna edged out Andhra Pradesh’s Sai Praneeth 21-19, 21-17 and Monisha bounced back to beat Sanyogita Ghorpade 8-21, 22-20, 21-19.

The results (final qualifying round): Men: S.D.S. Krishna (Kar) bt Sai Praneeth (AP) 21-19, 21-17; Arun Nandaluri (AP) bt Mayank Bahal (Pun) 21-17, 17-21, 21-6; Rathikant Saha (Rlys) bt Oscar Bansal (Chd) 12-21, 21-17, 21-15; Manish Rawat (Rlys) bt Manjit Singh (Mah) 21-17, 23-21; Aditya Prakash (Kar) bt Himanshu Kharbanda (Del) 21-12, 21-8; Vinay Kumar Reddy (AP) bt Nihar Tilekar (Mah) 21-16, 21-16; N.M. Vinayak (AP) bt Pawan Malik (Chn) 27-25, 21-14; Mohit Kamat (Kar) bt Abhinav Prakash (Del) 21-18, 21-17.

Women: Monisha Vinayak (Kar) bt Sanyogita Ghorpade (Mah) 8-21, 22-20, 21-19; Anjali Kalita (Asm) bt Sonal More (Rlys) 21-14, 21-16; Nischitha (Kar) bt Arundhati Pantawane (Mah) 21-19, 21-17; Anuradha Shrikhande (AI) bt Rimi Hazarika (Asm) 21-18, 13-21, 21-18. — Special Correspondent