Date:11/09/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/11/stories/2008091161432200.htm

Sport - Badminton

Rahul enters main draw

HYDERABAD: C. Rahul of Hyderabad defeated A.S. Sai Siril Varma of Medak 30-22 in the boys’ singles final qualifying round of the State sub-junior (under-16) badminton championship for boys and girls at GHMC Indoor Stadium (Ameerpet) here on Wednesday.

The results (final qualifying):

Boys: C. Rahul bt A.S. Sai Siril Varma 30-22; P. Lokesh bt K.V.S. Raju 30-21; K. Balu Mahendra bt B. Yuva Prudvi 30-26; K. Vamsi bt B. Satwik 30-25; G. Akhilesh Kumar bt Sudhanshu 30-19; V. Venkatesh Varma bt Jai Surya 30-26; Sirish bt Arun Kumar 30-10; K.P. Chaitanya bt K. Tirupati Rao 30-26; Kush bt Nikhil 30-9.

Girls: K. Viswaja bt R.S. Hasini 30-19; Poornima bt Prashanthi 30-23; Samhitha bt Hari Priya 30-15; T. Vineela bt Ayesha 30-17; Vijetha bt P. Amulya 30-17.