Date:30/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/30/stories/2008083061451800.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Aditi ousts Radhika

TIRUPATI: Unseeded O. Aditi of Hyderabad ousted third seed Radhika Reddy of Vizag 21-13, 21-18 to enter the semifinals in the women’s singles segment of the AP State senior badminton championship at Sri Srinivasa Sports Complex here on Friday. P.V. Sindhu, Leela Lakshmi and Manisha also made it to the last four.

In the men’s singles, eighth seed Srujan of Chittoor ended the dream run of Vizag’s B.V.S.K. Lingeswara Rao, a 42-year-old shuttler, beating him 21-9, 21-11 in the quarterfinals. Lingeswara had defeated fourth seed N.N. Vinayak of Hyderabad 21-16, 17-21, 21-13 in the pre-quarterfinals.

Top seed Vinay Kumar Reddy, C.M. Sasidhar and Prasanth Reddy are the others to sail into the semifinals.

The results: Men’s singles: Quarterfinals: C.M. Sasidhar (APBA) bt Aravind (VSP) 21-19, 21-9; Srujan (Ctr) bt B.V.S.K. Lingeswara Rao (Vsp) 21-9, 21-11; Prasanth Reddy (Hyd) bt Kiran Kumar (APBA) 21-14, 23-25, 21-9; Vinay Kumar Reddy (Hyd) bt N. Arun (Ctr) (concd).

Pre-quarterfinals: Vinay Kumar bt Avinash (Ctr) 21-4, 21-10; Arun bt Sumith Reddy (RR) 18-21, 21-18, 21-11; Sasidhar bt Nandagopal (Gtr) 21-19, 21-11; Aravind bt Tarun (APBA) 21-18, 21-19; Srujan bt Ajay Kumar (Hyd) 21-11, 21-10; Lingeswara Rao bt N.N. Vinayak (Hyd) 21-16, 17-21, 21-13; Prasanth Reddy bt Vikranth Kumar (Sklm) 21-8, 22-20.

Doubles: Quarterfinals: N. Arun & Anil Kumar Raju (APBA) bt Nagaraju & Kishore (APBA) 21-19, 21-16; Prasanth Reddy & Tarun (APBA) bt Nandagopal & Ch. Suresh (Gnt) 21-10, 21-11; Srujan & Lokesh (Hyd) bt Sumith Reddy & Ajay Kumar (Hyd) 21-16, 20-22, 21-15; N. N. Vinayak/Vinay Kumar Reddy (Hyd) bt Ravi Raj & Naveen (Vsp) 16-21, 21-13, 21-11.

Pre-quarterfinals: Nagaraju & Krishna Kumar bt Ramesh Naidu & Murali (APBA) 21-19, 15-21, 21-17; Arun & Anil Kumar Raju bt D.S.N. Raju & Naveen (Kna) 21-7, 21-19; Prasanth & Tarun bt Jawahar & Aravind (Vsp) 22-20, 14-21, 21-18; Nandagopal/Ch. Suresh (Gnt) bt M.V. Praveen & Vikranth (EG) 21-18, 21-18; Srujan & Lokesh bt Kiran Kumar & Radhakrishna (APBA) 21-17, 21-9; Sumith Reddy & Ajay Kumar bt Arjuna Reddy & Raunaq(APBA) 21-19, 21-14; N.N.Vinayak & Vinay Kumar bt Gopinath & Nagendra (Ctr) 21-13, 21-9; Ravi Raj & Naveen bt Anvesh & Pradesh (Ngl) 21-14, 21-16.

Women’s singles: Quarterfinals: P.V. Sindhu (Hyd) bt B. Jamuna Rani (Ctr) 21-5, 21-8; O. Aditi (Hyd) bt Radhika Reddy (Vsp) 21-13, 21-18; Leela Lakshmi (Ctr) bt I.R.D. Sravani (Kna) 21-14, 21-11; Manisha (Hyd) bt P. Lavanya (Kna) 21-10, 21-7.

Doubles: Quarterfinals: P.V. Sindhu & Manisha (Hyd) bt Ch. Jyostna & Sheetal (EG) 21-13, 21-8; I.R.D. Sravani & Sravanthi (Kna) bt Ramsy & Ramadevi (Vzm) 21-10, 21-19; Deepti Shalini & Susmitha (Khm) bt Karuna & O. Aditi (Hyd) 21-8, 21-11; Priyanka & Lavanya (Kna) 24-22, 21-13.