Date:14/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/14/stories/2008081452592100.htm

Sport - Badminton

Ashwin, Sindhu triumph

BANGALORE: G.K. Ashwin and Sindhu Bharadwaj claimed the boys’ and the girls’ titles respectively in the VIII-to-X Standard section of the KBA inter-school badminton tournament.

The results (all finals): Boys: V to VII: Sudeep Suresh (PCTC) bt Harsihth Agarwal (NPS) 21-17, 23-21. Doubles: Sahil Sipani & V. Pranav (DPS South) bt B.R. Sankeerth & S. Rakshak (PPEC) 21-16, 14-21, 21-11. VIII to X: G.K. Ashwin (MSS) bt Shashank Menon (PPEC) 21-18, 12-21, 21-12. Doubles: K. Akshay & Pranav Kuttaiah (FAPS) bt Shashank Menon & Ankith Bhat (PPEC, Indira Nagar) 21-13, 21-17. Girls: V to VII: Reshma Karthik (Bethany HS) bt Priya Prakash (St. Francis Xavier HS) 21-10, 21-11. Doubles: Nidhi & Chinmayi (Sri Kumaran’s Home) bt A. Aishwarya & G. Akshata (KV, Malleswaram) 23-21, 24-22. VIII to X: Sindhu Bharadwaj (Cluny Convent) bt Rishika Radhakrishnan (FAPS) 21-12, 21-18. Doubles: Ashwitha Ravi & Divya Mohan (Yenkay Ed. Scoeity ) bt Rishika & Sanjana (FAPS) 21-13, 21-14.