Date:03/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/03/stories/2009010361421800.htm

Sport - Badminton

Ramya and Sandeep pair in semifinals

CHENNAI: Ramya and Sandeep of Mylapore Club moved into the semifinals of the mixed doubles event in the Mylapore Club inter-club badminton tournament here.

Other results: Mixed doubles: Quarterfinals: Sathya & Roy Mathew (MRC) bt Payal & Mohan Krishnan (YMCA, Kilpauk) 21-8, 21-19.

Men’s doubles: Pre-quarterfinals: Srinivasan & Dinakar (Gandhinagar) bt Abdullah & Arun (Kottur Gardens) 17-21, 21-18, 21-16; Shyam & Mahendra (Gandhinagar) bt Jayanth & Swaminathan (Mylapore) 11-21, 23-21, 21-19; Subikshan & Rajarajan (Mylapore) bt Muthu & Thirumurugan (Indira Nagar) 21-8, 21-5; Dobson & Muthukumarasamy (MRC) bt Satish & Joseph (Guru Nanak) 21-14, 21-17; Velavan & Pratap (Kottur Garden) bt Kaushik & Amar (Towers) 21-13, 21-14.

Veteran doubles: Quarterfinals: Ramesh & Srinivasan (Alumni) bt Ashokan & Muralibabu (Towers) 21-17, 21-9; Gautham & Murali (T. Nagar) bt Raghavan & Jayaraman (Mylapore) 21-15, 21-15; Karthikeyan & Viswanathan (MRC) bt Sankar & Vijaykariakkar (Towers) 21-17, 21-17.