Bihar State badminton: Aman Raj in Q-F

Patna, August 28, 2009:
Top seed Aman Ranjan of Patna sailed into the junior boys’ singles quarter-finals of the Bihar state badminton championship at the Secretariat badminton hall here on Friday.

Aman beat Tausif Alam 21-11 and 21-6. Divesh Kumar (Bhagalpur), Sudhanshu Kumar (Nawada), Ujjawal Prakash (Samastipur), Sudhir Kumar Singh (Patna), Rajesh Kumar (Madhubani), Gaurav Siddharth (Samastipur)and Akash Kumar (P&T) joined Aman in the last eight stage.

Rajesh Kumar (Madhubani), Md Tausif Alam (Purnia), Tafsir Alam (Aurangabad), Neeraj Kumar (Patna), Vibhuti Mohan Mishra (P&T), SamirVijay (Muzaffarpur), Zishan Ali (Aurangabad) and Nitesh Kumar (Jamui)entered the quarter-finals of the sub-junior boys singles event.

The veterans’ singles (above 45 years) event saw Neeraj Kumar (Patna),Mukesh Kumar Singh (Samastipur) and Omprakash (Patna) qualifying for the semi-finals.
Milan Singh (Gopalganj), Archana Kumari (Muzaffarpur) and AmritaThakur (Bhagalpur) won their respective women pre-quarter-finalmatches to move into the quarter-finals.

Results: Junior boys’ singles (pre-quarter-finals):
Aman Ranjan beat MdTausif Alam 21-11, 21-6; Divesh Kumar beat Shubham 21-18, 16-21, 21-18;Sudhanshu Kumar beat Manish Kumar 21-10, 20-22, 21-17; Ujjawal Prakash beat Kundan Kumar Sinha 17-21, 21-11, 21-14; Sudhir Kumar Singh beat Naushad Ali Haideri21-8, 21-9; Rajesh Kumar beat Abhishek Shantnu 21-16, 21-16; Gaurav Siddharth beat Sandeep Pal 24-22, 21-16; Akash Kumar beat Zishan Ali 21-17, 21-16.

Sub-junior boys’ singles (pre-quarter-finals): Rajesh Kumar beat NavnitRaj 21-5, 21-11; Md Tausif Alam beat Sagar Mirnal 15-21, 21-16, 21-15;Zishan Ali beat Anshul Sundram 21-13, 21-9; Shubham beat Shubham (Patna) 20-22, 21-16, 21-19; Nitesh Kumar beat Uday Raja 21-7, 21-4; Samar Vijay beat Kundan Kumar Sinha 21-14, 21-13.

Women singles (pre-quarter-finals): Milan Singh beat Vijya Mehta 21-13,15-21, 21-12; Archana Kumari beat Ankita Kumari 21-14, 21-7; AmritaThakur beat Archana Kumari 21-5; 21-7.
Veterans’ singles (above 45 years) quarter-finals: Omprakash beat RaviKumar 21-10, 21-10; Vibhuti Mohan Mishra beat SK Mohan 21-10, 21-7; Mukesh Kumar Singh and Neeraj Kumar got walk-over.