Date:12/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/12/stories/2008081255201900.htm

Sport - Badminton

Venkatesh triumphs

BANGALORE: K.Y. Venkatesh led a profitable day in the final of the National badminton championship for the physically disabled at the Malleswaram Association courts here. Venkatesh won the dwarf category winning 21-16, 21-10 over fellow state-mate C.V. Rajanna on a day when Karnataka won four titles.

The results (all finals):

Dwarf singles: K.Y. Venkatesh (Kar) bt C.V. Rajanna (Kar) 21-16, 21-10.

Standing lower below waist (STL – 1): Pramod Bhagat (Ori) bt K.Gopinath (Kar) 19-21, 21-15, 21-14. Doubles: K Gopinath (Kar)/Nurul Hossain Khan (Ori) bt Pramod Bhagat (Ori)/Himagiri Yeruagala (AP) 21-16, 21-19.

Standing lower below waist (STL – 2): S. Raghuram (AP) bt Amarendra Behera (Ori) 21-15, 21-14; Doubles: Amarendra Behera/S P Das (Ori) bt Sreekanth Reddy/S. Raghuram (AP) 21-10, 21-9.

Standing lower below waist (STL – 3): B. Anand Kumar (Kar) bt Narendra Kumar (Kar) 21-10, 21-15. Doubles: Anand Kumar/Surjeet Singh (Kar) bt Narendra Kumar/Vijay Rao Sindhe (Kar) 21-12, 21-16.

Standing lower below waist (STL – 3) Juniors Singles: Shiva Naga Raju (AP) bt Shishir Deep (AP) 21-10, 21-16.

Standing upper below waist (STU – 4): Janapareddi Satyam (AP) bt Sanjeeviah (AP) 21-19, 21-18.

Standing upper above waist (STU – 5): Raj Kumar (Pun) bt Rakesh Pandey (Har) 21-18, 21-19.