Sunday, November 16, 2008

All-MP affair in National sub-junior badminton final


Pratul Joshi (MP) and Vijeta (AP) in action during their semi-final match in Patna on Saturday.
Photo: Aftab Alam
Patna, November 16, 2008
Sameer Verma of Madhya Pradesh justified his seeding to be the number one in junior boys singles as he had no hiccups to move into the final of the 22nd National sub-junior and mini badminton championships at the Secretariat Badminton Hall here on Saturday.

Sammer, now will face his state mate Pratul Joshi for the sub-junior crown. In the girls’ sub-junior singles final, Sidhu (AP) will take on Syali Rane (Maharashtra).

Bengal’s Rituaparna Das will face Reshma Kartik (Karnataka) in the mini girls’ singles final while Aditya Joshi (MP) will lock horns with Harshil Dani (Maharashtra) for the mini boys’ singles title.

Ever agile with her quick-silver reflexes Rituparna overcame a stiff challenge from Harika (AP 21-17, 21-15 while Reshma Kartik too sweated it out a bit against her state mate Shivani 21-16, 21-15 in the semi-finals.

The mini boys’ semi-finals saw Aditya Joshi (MP) got the better of Md Ehsash (Assam) 12-8, 21-13 while Arslan Naqvi of Uttar Pradesh took three sets to down Harshil Dani of Maharashtra 21-14, 13-21 and 21-14. Aditya will now take on Naqvi for the mini boys' crown. In sub-junior girls’ singles semi-finals, Sidhu (AP beat ED Jacob (Kerala) 21-11, 19-21, 21-19 and Syali Rane (Maharashtra) beat Riya Pillay (Andhra Pradesh) 21-10, 21-15.

Results:
Sub-junior boys’ single quarter-final: Samir Verma (AP) beat K Sri Teja (AP) 21-6, 21-14, Rohit Yadav (AP) beat Subhankar Dey (West Bengal) 21-17, 21-19, Pratul Joshi (MP) beat Vishal Dev Reddy (AP) 19-21, 21-17, 21-8, N V S Vijeta (AP) beat Bhaskar Chakrabarty (Delhi) 21-8, 21-6.

Sub-junior boys’ doubles quarter-finals: Srikant and A Sri Teja (AP) beat K Choubey and Pratik (Rajasthan) 21-6, 21-14, Pratul Joshi and Sameer Verma (MP) beat Gopi and Nagendra (AP) 21-12, 21-15, Prahash and Venkatesh (AP) beat Harshvarthan and Bhaskar (Delhi) 22-20, 17-21, 21-11, Vijeta and Rohit Yadav (AP) beat Sai Tanuj beat Talwar La (AP) 21-13, 18-21, 21-12.

Sub-junior girls’ singles quarter-finals: Sindhu (AP) beat Gouri Ghatai (Mahrashtra) 21-19, 22-20, Syali Rane (Mah) beat Rituparna Das (West Bengal) 21-11, 21-9, Ria Pillai (Mah) beat Manisha (AP) 21-16, 21-18, E D Jacob (Kerala) beat Tanavi Lad (Mah) 21-19, 16-21, 21-17.

Sub-junior girls’ doubles quarter-finals:
Meghana and Pramada (Andhra Pradesh) beat Anjali and Aayashi Seth (Guj) 21-15, 24-22, Tanvi and Syali (Mah) beat Gouri and E D Jacob (Mah and Kerala) 21-17, 21-16, Mint Kour and Ria Pillai (Mah) beat Maria and Aarthi Sara (Kerala) 21-16, 25-23, Manisha and Sindhu (AP) beat Prangana and Mirdusmita (Assam) 21-16, 21-15.


Mini boys’ singles quarter-finals: Aditya Joshi (MP) beat Chirag Sen (Uttarakhand) 21-7, 21-12, Md Ehsash (Assam) beat Ramandeep Singh (Punjab) 21-14, 17-21, 21-18, Harshil Dani (Mah) beat Upendra (AP) 21-15, 21-19, A Naqvi (UP) beat Talwar La (Arunchal Pradesh) 21-12, 22-20.

Mini boys’ doubles quarter-finals:
Gangadhar and Prithavi Raj (AP) beat Krishnaganga and Ehsash (Assam) 11-21, 21-14, 21-11, Chaitanay and Upendra (AP) beat Ajit and Talwar La (AP and ANP) 24-22, 25-27, 23-21, Shril and Teja (AP) beat Dhamankar and Suraj Saithi (Karnataka) 23-21, 21-14, Rajeev Pardeshi and Rahul (AP) beat Harshil and Aditya (MP) 21-9, 21-10.

Mini girls’ singles quarter-finals: Harika (AP) beat Priya Prakash (Karnataka) 21-12, 18-21, 23-21, Rituparna Das (West Bengal) beat K P Shruthi (Kerala) 21-11, 21-7, Reshma (Kar) beat Puja (AP) 21-11, 21-11, Shivani (AP) beat Karishma (Mah) 21-15, 24-22.

Mini girls’ doubles quarter-finals: Malvika and Shruthi (Kerala) beat Daman and Mahak Sud (Chandigarh). Akansha and Karishma (Mah) beat Aditi and Shriyanshi (MP) 21-8, 21-14, Rituparna and Shivani (West Bengal) beat Anushka and Anura (Goa) 21-2, 21-17, Harika and Reshma (AP and Kar) beat Kerul and Anushka (Gujarat) 21-15, 21-16.

Mini girls’ singles semi-finals: Rituparna Das (West Bengal) beat Harika (AP) 21-17, 21-15, Reshma Karthik (Karnataka) beat Ruchika Shivani (AP) 21-16, 21-15.

Mini boys single semi-finals: Aditya Joshi (MP) beat Md Ehsash (Assam) 21-8, 21-13, A Naqvi beat Harshil Dani 21-14, 13-21, 21-14.

Sub-junior girls’ singles semi-finals: Sindhu (AP) beat E D Jacob (Kerala) 21-11, 19-21, 21-19, Syali Rane (Mah) beat Ria Pillai (AP) 21-10, 21-15.

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