Date:11/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/11/stories/2008101156292100.htm

Sport - Badminton

Kanika claims title

NEW DELHI: Kanika Kanwal defeated Monika Pathania 21-5, 21-10 to win the title in the girls’ under-10 section of the Delhi State badminton championship at the Punjabi Bagh Club here on Friday.

The results:

Girls’ under-10 (final): Kanika Kanwal Beat Monika Pathani 21-5, 21-10. Under-13 (quarterfinals): Gauri Asija bt Rujuta 21-13-, 21-13, Noor Chatwal bt Shirika Nehra 21-8, 21-10, Aakankshi Thakur bt Ishpreet 21-7, 21-9, Kanika Kanwal bt Ekta Moorty 21-13, 21-14. Under-16 (quarterfinals): Shreya Agarwal bt Rashmeet Kaur 21-8, 21-15, Anenya Nagar bt Yamini Kulesh 21-14, 21-17, Nisha Nain bt Gauri Asija 17-21, 21-11, 21-18, Karishma Anand bt Shambhavi Bajaj 9-21, 21-9, 21-10. Under-19 (first round): Shardha Shirivastav bt Rini Mathew 21-11, 21-4, Shambhavi Bajaj bt Ananya Nagar 21-15, 22-20, Shreya Agarwal bt Garishma Anand 21-6, 21-10, Slono Chopra bt Yamini Sharma 21-11, 21-19, Nidhi Tiwari bt Shivangi 21-7, 21-9, Shristi bt Karishma 27-29, 21-19, 21-10.

Boys’ under-10 (quarterfinals): Rahul Patel bt Abhay Thakur 21-18, 21-15, Dipanshu Mishra bt Naman Bhargava 21-6, 21-11, Suraj Negi bt Shivesh Luthra 21-5, 21-7, Sidhant Chopra bt Anmol Khosla 21-7, 21-5.