National sub-jr badminton: Bihar challenge ends

Aslan Naqvi of Uttar Pradseh in action during his match in National sub-junior badminton championships in Patna on Friday. Photo: Aftab Alam














Patna, November 15, 2008
Another good day at office for seeded players. The pack led by top seed Sameer Verma entered the quarter-finals in the sub-junior boys’ singles of the 22nd National sub-junior and mini badminton championships at the Secretariat Hall here on Friday.

Along with Sameer, other ranked players K Shriteja, Subhankar Dey, Rohit Yadav, Vishal Dev Reddy, Partul Joshi, Bhaskat Chakraborty and NVS Vijeta made the last eight grades.

However, Bihar’s hopes Rajesh Kumar crashed out of the sub-junior boys’ singles event losing to Vishal Dev Reddy of Andhra Pradesh 10-21, 10-21 in a pre-quarter-final match.

Tanvi Lad, Isha D Jacob, Sindhu, Gauri Ghate, Riya Pillay, Manisha, Rituparna Das and Shyali Rane made to quarter-finals line up in the sub-junior girls’ section.

In mini boys’ singles, Aditya Joshi, Chirag Sen, Md Ehsash, Ramandeep Singh, Upendra, Harshil Dani, A Naqvi and Talar moved into the quarter-finals.

The mini girls’ singles saw Rituaparna Das, KP Shruti, Harika, Priya Prakash, M Puja, Reshma Kartik, Karishma and Shivani got the qualification for quarter-finals battles ahead.

Hosts Bihar faced its worst day in the tournament as doubles pair in the sub-junior category Ujjawal Prakash and Siddarth Gaurav suffered a third round defeat. Another Bihar pair Gulshan Kumar and Subham also lost in the mini boys doubles pre-quarter-finals. Andhra Pradesh pair of Upendra and K Chaitanya showed Gulshan-Subham the door 21-5, 21-19.

Results:
Mini girls’ singles pre-quarter-finals:
Rituparna Das (West Bengal) beat Rashim Babu (Tamil Nadu) 21-6, 21-10, K P Shruthi (Kerala) beat Sanjana (Mah) 11-21, 22-20, 21-19, V Harika (AP) beat Anushka (Guj) 21-8, 21-19, Priya Prakash (Karnataka) beat Shrinayashi Pradeshi (MP) 21-9, 21-14, M Puja (AP) beat Ashmita (Assam) 16-21, 21-11, 21-12, Reshma Kartik (Kar) beat Mayuri (Assam) 21-7, 21-7, Karishma (Mah) beat Anushka (Goa) 21-10, 21-19, Shiwani (AP) beat Aaditi Anand (Tamil Nadu) 21-2, 21-11.

Mini boys’ singles pre-quarter-finals:
Aditya Joshi (MP) beat Sanyam Shukla (Chandigarh) 21-11, 21-13, Chirag Sen (Uttarakhand) beat Prithvi Raj (AP) 13-21, 21-17, 21-12, Mod Ehsash (Assam) beat K P Chaitanya (AP) 21-18, 21-18, Ramandeep Singh (Punjab) beat Amay Pawar (Mah) 21-12, 21-16, Upendra (AP) beat Ajit Sai Reddy (AP) 21-23, 22-20, 21-18, Harshil Dani (Mah) beat Manjit Gogoi (Assam) 21-10, 21-18, A Naqvi (UP) beat Shril (AP) 21-12, 21-4, Talar La (Arunachal Pradesh) beat Gangadhar Rao (AP) 21-12, 15-21, 21-12.

Sub-junior boys’ singles pre-quarter-final:
Samir Verma (MP) beat Pratik Sexena (Rajasthan) 21-8, 21-17, K Shriteja (AP) beat Sudarshan Kumar (Tamil Nadu) 29-30, 21-17, 21-14, Rohit Yadav (AP) beat Varun Sarod (Mah) 21-19, 21-16, Subhankar Dey (West Bengal) beat Vinay Hari (Kar) 21-18, 21-14, Vishal Dev Reddy (AP) beat Rajesh Kumar (Bihar) 21-10, 21-10, Pratul Joshi (MP) beat Jawalkar Raja (Kar) 21-9, 21-14, Bhashkar Chakraborty (Delhi) beat Siddharth Rajan (Tamil Nadu) 21-11, 21-17, Vijeta N V S (AP) beat Shuvam Sharma (UP) 21-16, 16-21, 21-13.

Sub-junior girls’ singles pre-quarter-final:
Tanavi (Mah) beat Unni Aanga (Kar) 21-16, 21-13, E D Jacob (Kerala) beat Pramada (AP) 21-12, 21-10, Sindhu (AP) beat A Khatua (West Bengal) 21-10, 21-13, Gauri Ghate (Mah) beat Sara Naqvi (UP) 21-10, 21-8, Riya Pillai (Mah) beat Sudha Kalyani (AP) 18-21, 21-15, 21-15, Manisha (AP) beat Shriya Agarwal (Delhi) 21-14, 21-15, Rituparna Das (West Bengal) beat Aarju Thakur (Himachal) 21-14, 21-10, Shyali Rane (Mah) beat Aanisha (Kar) 21-11, 21-16.

Sub-junior boys' doubles third round:
Srikant and Shriteja (AP) beat Lalduahab and Laltanpueya (Mizoram) 21-15, 21-14, Gangadhar and Sriram (AP) beat Koushik and Manojeet (Tripura) 21-15, 21-9, Ashish and Aamir (Guj) beat Ujawal and Shidharth (Bihar) 21-14, 15-21, 21-12, K Choubey and Pratik (Rajasthan) beat Santosh and Ranjan (Pondy) 21-15, 21-17, Subhankar and T Nag (West Bengal) beat Pawan and Vineet (UP) 21-13, 18-21, 21-12, Gopi and H D Babu (AP) beat Lingdoh and Rapatsang (Maghalaya) 21-13, 18-21, 21-12, Pratul and Sameer (MP) beat Niraj and Rajat (Haryana) 21-12, 22-20, Harshil and Ramchandran (Mah) beat Akram and Pawan (Jharkhand) 22-20, 16-21, 21-18