Date:04/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/04/stories/2008100456591800.htm

Sport - Badminton

Daya and Kiran bag titles

KOCHI: Ernakulam’s State champion Daya Elsa Jacob brushed aside Arathi Sarah Sunil 21-9, 21-9 and won the junior girls title in the RSC-KBPWA all-Kerala badminton tournament at the Rajiv Gandhi indoor stadium here on Friday evening.

The top-seeded Kiran George won the mini boys title but State sub-junior boys champion Pranav Satheesh suffered a shocking defeat at the hands of Kottayam’s Ibrahim Ali Salim in the under-16 boys’ quarterfinals. The men’s top seed, Bennet Antony, also made his exit, losing to local youngster K.S. Hersen in three games.

The results: Men (semifinals): singles: K.S. Hersen (Ekm) bt Bennet Antony (Ekm) 19-21, 21-23, 21-14; Antony K. Jacob bt T.K. Jamshed (Kzd) 21-14, 21-10. Doubles: Ram C. Vijay / Hersen bt Bennet Antony / P.M. Suraj 21-17, 21-15; Jaison Xavier / Markose Bristow bt Neeraj Rehman / Jamshed 21-17, 21-9.

Boys: Under-13: semifinals: M.R. Arjun (Ekm) bt Febin Dileep (Ktm) 21-4, 21-7; Aswin Satheesan (Kzd) bt Rohit Victor (Ekm) 21-15, 21-8.

Under-10: final: Kiran George (Ekm) bt Evan John Abraham (Ekm) 22-20, 24-26, 21-18.

Women: singles: semifinals: Aparna Balan (Kzd) bt P.S. Linimol (Ekm) 21-10, 21-9.

Girls: Under-19: final: Daya Elsa Jacob (Ekm) bt Arathi Sarah Sunil (Ekm) 21-9, 21-9.

Under-16: semifinals: Daya bt K.P. Sruthi (Kzd) 21-4, 21-4; Arathi bt Malavika Mathew (Tvm) 21-14, 21-15.

Under-13: semifinals: K.P. Sruthi bt S. Sruthi (Tvm) 21-15, 20-22, 21-9; J.K. Malavika (Tvm) bt Niranjana Anil (Ekm) 21-18, 21-18. — Principal Correspondent