Date:13/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/13/stories/2008101353722000.htm

Sport - Badminton

Sidhant, Gauri win titles

NEW DELHI: Sidhant Chopra and Gauri Asija won individual honours in the Delhi State-ranking badminton tournament at the Punjabi Bagh Club, here on Sunday.

Sidhant won the under-10 title with a well-earned win over Dipanshu Mishra, while Gauri beat Kanika Kanwal in straight games to claim the girls’ under-13 crown.

The results: Boys: U-10: Final: Sidhant Chopra bt Dipanshu Mishra 21-14, 15-21, 21-9.

U-16: Quarterfinals: Bhaskar Chakravarty bt Yash Nain 21-19, 21-11; Ashish Sharma bt Nitish Arora 21-19, 21-13; Jayant Ahuja bt Surinder Rathi 21-16, 22-20; Harshvardhan Bhist bt Trinayan Lashkar 21-14, 21-18.

U-19: Second round: Kaustav Das bt Anmol Ahuja 21-10, 21-10; Vaibhav Kotnala bt Rishab Batra 21-15, 22-20; Vikash Gupta bt Sidhant Sharma 21-15, 21-6; Prateek Budhiraja bt Kamaldeep 21-13, 21-11; Raunak Kapoor bt Sunil Nain 21-18, 22-20; Gagan Sharma bt Hamad bin Aziz 21-6, 21-10; Nitish Arora bt Puneet Budhiraja 21-17, 16-21, 21-17; Jayant Ahuja bt Satindar Pal Singh 21-5, 21-5; Akash Naran bt Lokesh 21-13, 21-9; Abhilash Sharma bt Saransh Behl 21-10, 21-10; Deepak Sharma bt Sahaj Wadhwa 21-10, 21-14; Ashish Sharma bt Shushant Sharma 21-5, 21-4.

Men: First round: Sagar Pandit bt Ajay Kanwar 21-9, 19-21, 23-21; Vijay Sharma bt Karan Kalia 12-21, 21-19, 21-13; Apoorva Vij bt Saransh Behl 21-17, 22-20; Tanvir Gill bt Guranshu Chopra 21-16, 21-19; Gaurav Sharma bt Kamaldeep 21-11, 21-19; Himanshu Kharbanda bt Raunak Kapoor 21-17, 21-15.

Girls: U-13: Final: Gauri Asija bt Kanika Kanwal 21-11, 21-16.

Women: First round: Shreya Aggarwal bt Mamta Girdhar 21-4, 21-5 Gauri Chopra bt Alisha 21-3, 21-5.