Date:28/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/28/stories/2008112852531800.htm

Sport - Badminton

Uttara Prakash advances

HYDERABAD: Uttara Prakash of Karnataka defeated Sharadha Srivastava of Delhi 21-18, 21-9 in the girls under-19 singles first round (main draw) of the Krishna Khaitan All-India junior major ranking badminton championship being held at Pullela Gopi Chand Academy here on Thursday.

The results: Boys: Under-10: Rohan Ranjit bt T. Raj Priyathum 20-22, 21-11, 21-12; Shabaz w\o P. S.V. Kaushik; Shourya Singh bt Jagdeesh 21-10, 21-7; A. Akash w\o M. Jayanth Samar Reddy; Dhruv Kapila bt Sashank 21-8, 21-11; Roshan Victor bt Vedanth 21-11, 21-3; S. Sai Siddharth Reddy bt Swapnil Phatak 16-21, 21-15, 21-11; Karthekey bt P. Varun 21-6, 21-5; Arintap Dasgupta bt Satya Pramod 21-6, 21-6; B. Sai Rohit bt V.S. Jay Prakasham 19-21, 21-13, 21-0; Chandrakant bt R.K. Virinchi 19-21, 21-13, 21-0; Om Swaroop bt K. Vasantha Reddy 21-3, 21-8; R. Vishwa bt Parthu 21-18, 21-7; Abdul Rahman bt G. Manas 21-3, 21-7; R. Vishwa bt Parthu 21-18, 21-7; Shant bt P.S.V. Kaushik 21-6, 21-7; Kiran George bt Yogesh Krishna 21-16, 21-12.

Under-19: B. Sumeeth Reddy bt Md. Roshan Zamir 21-10, 21-14; Rohit Yadav bt Pratul Joshi 21-13, 21-7; Mayank Gole bt P. Vijay Kumar Reddy 22-24, 21-17, 21-11; S. Arvind bt Akshit Mahajan 21-15, 15-21, 21-11; Prakash Jolly bt K. Ajay Kumar 21-18, 24-26, 22-11; Pratik Patel bt Anurag Takkar 21-15, 21-19; B. Sai Praneeth bt Darshan Kulkarni 21-9, 21-12; Ravi Singla bt Dhruv Shanbag 22-20, 12-21, 21-11; M.R. Manikandan bt B. Venkatesh 21-8, 21-13; Aditya Prakash bt Sameer Varma 21-12, 21-19; H.S. Pranoy bt P. Vikash Harsha 21-12, 21-8; Hirak Jyothi Nadig bt Ashish Sharma 21-13, 22-20; V. Velavin Ninependra Singh 21-18, 18-21, 21-14; K. Nanda Gopal bt Eshan Naqvi 21-14, 21-7.

Girls: Under-19: Saee Purandare bt S. Darshani 21-14, 21-19; Uttara Prakash bt Sharada Srivastava 21-18, 21-9; Vijeta Bhargava bt Daya Elsa Jacob 21-15, 21-13; Manisha bt Monti Kaur 21-12, 21-9; Gauri Ghate bt O. Aditi 21-19, 21-17; R. Jamuna Rani w\o Saloni Yadav ; Lalitha w\o Sara Naqvi; Anjali Rawat w\o Ganima Yadav.