Date:27/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/27/stories/2008102757502000.htm

Sport - Badminton

Yohan takes title

NEW DELHI: Yohan Abraham defeated Siddhant Chopra 21-16, 21-16 in the under-16 boys’ final of the third Pramod Mahajan memorial badminton tournament at the AIIMS Gymkhana hall here on Sunday.

The results: Women’s doubles (semifinals): Shradha Srivastav & Nidhi Tiwari bt Rachita Sahdev & Karishma Singh 21-13, 22-24, 21-15; Mohita Sahdev & Meenakshi Nair bt Shreya Agarwal & Priyanka Arya 21-15, 21-13.

Boys: Under-16 (quarterfinals): Abhilash Sharma bt Tushar Agarwal 21-13, 21-16; Surender Rathi bt Yash Nain 21-17, 21-15; Nitish Arora bt Trinayan Lahkar 16-21, 21-17, 21-13; Jayant Ahuja bt Ankita Chikkara 21-11, 21-14.

Under-10 (final): Yohan Abraham bt Siddhant Chopra 21-16, 21-16.

Girls: Under-13 (third round): Rujuta bt Tanya Soon 21-2, 21-2; Sumedha bt Aishwarya Kapoor 21-19, 21-13; Sukriti Ralli bt Vaibhavi 21-5, 21-7; Noor Chatwal bt Nawasa 21-9, 21-12; Ekta Moorthy bt Srishti Handa 21-7, 21-7; Kanika Kanwal bt Himanshi 21-2, 21-4.

Under-10 (semifinals): Kanika Kanwal bt Sahaj Preet Kaur 21-2, 21-4; Namita Pathania bt Harshita Chaddha 21-6, 21-10. — Special Correspondent