Bihar State badminton championships: Three Samastipur lads in cadet singles quarter-finals

Patna, August 27, 2009:

Three Samastipur lads entered the quarter-finals of the cadet singles event in the Bihar state badminton championship at the Secretariat badminton hall here on Thursday.

Amarish Kumar, Saurav Anand and Neeraj Kumar all from Samastipur had no difficulty to overcome their rivals. Shantu Kumar (Bhagalpur), Gautam Kumar (Jehanabad), Aryan Raj (Khagaria), Arshad Shadab and Md Danish (both Aurangabad) also booked their berths in the quarter-finals.

In the sub-junior boys’ singles event, Rajesh Kumar, Navnit Raj, Md Tausif Alam, Rajat Aryan, Tafsir Alam, Ankit Kumar, Neeraj Kumar, Gulshan Kumar, Kundan Kumar Sinha, Samar Vijay, Uday Raja, Nitesh Kumar, Shubham, (Muzaffarpur), Anshul Sundram (Vaishali), Zeeshan Ali and Shubham (Patna) sailed into the pre-quarter-finals.

Results:
Cadet boys’ singles (pre-quarter-finals): Shantu Kumar beat Amarit Raj 21-12, 21-14; Amarish Kumar beat Prakhar Kumar 21-17, 21-11; Saurav Anand beat R Sinha 21-6, 21-2; Arashad Shadab beat Devanshu Shekhar 22-20, 30-29; Neeraj Kumar beat A Sundram 21-7, 21-8; Md Danish beat Vishal Kumar 21-10, 21-10; Gautam Kumar beat G Kumar 21-6, 21-16 andAryan Raj beat Pratyush Pratik 21-8, 21-11.

Sub-junior boys’ singles (second round): Rajesh Kumar beat Md Javed30-13; Navnit Raj beat Avinash Sharma 30-22; Md Tausif Ali beat Amit Kumar 30-22; Rajat Aryan beat Kumar Abhinav 30-28; Tafsir Alam beat Sagar Mirnal 30-9; Ankit Kumar beat Anup Kumar 30-27; Neeraj Kumar beat M Jha 30-17; Gulshan Kumar beat Abhishek 30-23; KK Sinha beat Rahul Kumar 30-16; Samar Vijay beat Raman Gaurav 30-18; Uday Raja beat Ashish Ranjan 30-22; Nitesh Kumar beat Shashikant 30-24; Shubham beat Ankit Kumar 30-25; Anshul Sundram beat Shikha Kumar 30-26; Zeeshan Ali beat Aniket Kumar 30-11 and Shubham beat Md Aamir 30-17.

Junior boys’ singles (U-19): Md. Tausif Alam beat Naukhez Haider 30-28; Suraj Prakash beat Tapsir Alam 30-24; Shubham beat Sunil Kumar 30-13; Rajat Aryan beat Sadam Hussain 30-13; Manih Kumar beat Samar Vijay 30-29; Gaurav Kumar beat Firoz Alam 30-14; Kundan Kr. Sinha beat Shashikant 30-25; Naushad Ali Haidry beat Dharmenora Kumar 30-26; Neeraj Kumar beat Vijay Sharma 30-23; Abhishek Shantanu beat Sagar Mrinal 30-8; Sandeep Pal beat Amit Kumar 30-23; Krshna Thakur beat Sanjay Kumar 30-16; Anushil Sundram beat Glshan Kumar 30-24; Zeeshan Ali beat Mishir Jha 30-24.

Midget boys’ singles (U-13) second round: Nitesh Kumar beat Ankit Kumar 30-14; Ajit Kumar beat Ankit Kumar 30-26; Ankit Kumar beat Mobasir Hassan 30-13; Uday Ranjan beat Vikash Kumar 30-17; Md. Javed beat Rohit Kumar 30-8; Md. Aftab Alam beat Vikash Ranjan 30-14; Akashdeep beat Priyanshu Agarwal 30-29; Giridhar Gopal beat Raushan Kumar 30-23; Gulshan Kumar beat Pulkit Aditya 30-16; Rahul Kumar beat Abhijeet Raj 30-24; Aditya Raman beat Sanju Kumar 30-28; Kunal Kr. Sinha beat Saurav Anand 30-19; Prem Shanker beat Amit Kumar 30-16; Shakya beat Prashant Kumar 30-29; Shashank Priyadarshi beat Prakhar Kumar 30-24; Shubham beat Rohit Kr. Ranjan 30-25.

Men’s singles (first round): Sandeep Pal W/O Masoom Hassan; Ali Azhar beat Atul Kumar 30-14; Chandradeep Kr. beat Naushad Ali Haidry 30-6;Dharmendra Sharma bt Suraj Prakash 30-19; Manish Kumar bt Dhiraj Kr.Chowdhary 30-20; Manish Kumar beat Ashish Kumar 30-17; Himanshu Kumar beat Kranji Singh 30-13; Ujjawal Prakash beat Rohtt Prakash 30-18; Vishwajeet beat S.Haidry 30-6; Gaurav Sidharth beat Md. Sabbj 30-12; Adarsh Kumar beat Alok Ranjan 30-10; Dharmendra Kumar beat Binay Kumar 30-09.

Photo caption: Md Danish and Vishal Kumar in action during their singles match of the Bihar State badminton champonships in Patna on August 27, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui