Date:29/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/29/stories/2008112951401600.htm
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Sport - Badminton

Indraja-Shreya duo enters semifinals

Principal Correspondent

HYDERABAD: Indraja Dandekar and Shreya Bhagwat of Maharashtra defeated Apekaha Nayak and Archana Pai of Karnataka 16-21, 21-15, 21-19 in the girls (under-19) doubles quarterfinal of the Krishna Khaitan All India junior major ranking badminton tournament at Gachibowli here on Friday.

Important results:

Boys: U-19: Doubles: Pre-quarterfinals: Akshit Mahajan & Ravi Singla (Har) bt K. Nanda Gopal & K. Ajay Kumar 21-17, 17-21, 21-16; K. Karthikey & D. Sunil Verma bt A. Naresh & O. Prahas 17-21, 21-14, 21-16; S. Aravind & Jawahar Jaya bt Bob Sharma & Akash 21-7, 21-19; B. Sai Praneeth & Pranav Chopra bt D. Shanbag & Darshan Kulkarni 21-14, 21-13; H.S. Pranoy & Sumith Reddy bt V. Velan & Md. Rohan Zameer 21-18, 21-19; M.R. Manikandan & V.N. Sathyanarayana bt Sameer Varma & Arpit Varma 21-14, 21-13; Aditya Prakash & Pratik Patel bt V. Anvesh & M. Prashanth 21-16, 21-18.

U-10: Doubles: Siril & Anurudha bt Ajay & Pardhu 21-5, 21-6; J. Prakasham & Shiva w\o Jagdish & Charth; Among Gupta & T. Sham bt Vimal Raj & R. Vishma 21-10, 21-8; Prakhar & Rahul bt Tarun Kumar & Chandrakant 21-6, 21-15; Rohan Ranjit & Rahul bt Rishabh Deshpande & P. Swapnil 21-12, 21-6.

Girls: U-19: Doubles: Quarterfinals: Divya & Kanika w\o Reva & Soniya; Ashwini Bhala & Tanya Chetan w\o A. Arati Priyanka & V. Nila; Niveda Shrinivasan & Shreya Bose bt A. Ramya & Sri Nivedita 21-7, 21-9; Indraja Dandekar & Shreya Bhagwat bt Apekaha Nayak & Archana Pai 16-21, 21-15, 21-19.

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