Aditya, Srujan enter Junior Badminton Semis

Bangalore, Sept 7 (UNI) Maintaining their tempo, qualifier Aditya Elango of Tamil Nadu and second seed Srujan Nandaluri of Andhra Pradesh stormed into the semifinals of the Union Bank All India Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament played atthe Prakash Padukone Academy here today.

Arun Nandaluri of Andhra Pradesh and Ajay Jayaram of Maharashtra also entered the last four stage in the Boys Under 19 category.

Elango, who had shown the door to top seed Jishnu Sanyal of Andhra Pradesh yesterday, trounced Ratikanta Saha of West Bengal in the quarterfinals in straight sets 21-13, 21-19, while second seed Srujan defeated Saurav Kapur of Haryana 21-15, 21-15.

In the girls section, top seed Neha Pandit, fourth seed Arundhati Pantwane, Aditi Mutatkar and Mudra Dahijne, all from Maharashtra, entered the semifinals.

Results (Quarterfinals) Boys: U-19 Aditya Elango (TN) bt Ratikanta Saha (WB) 21-13, 21-19; Arun Nandaluri (AP) bt Aditya Prakash (Kar) 21-6, 21-16; Ajay Jayaram (Mah) bt Sai Praneeth (AP) 21-15, 21-15; S2 Srujan Nandaluri (AP) bt Saurav Kapoor (Har) 21-12, 21-12.

U-16: S1 Abhimanyu Singh (MP) bt Sai Praneeth (AP) 21-18, 21-16; S3 Prashanth (AP) bt Pratik Patel (Guj) 21-19, 21-7; S4 Aditya Prakash (AP) bt Sumeeth Reddy (Kar) 21-16, 21-12; Parin Chorda (Mah) S2 Saurabh Verma (MP) 21-19, 23-21.

U-13: S1 NVS Vijetha (AP) bt Jayasimha Reddy (AP) 23-21, 21-13; S3 Sameer Verma (MP) bt Himanshg Kotbagi (Kar) 21-15, 21-16; Vijay Hari (Kar) bt B Venkatesh (AP) 16-21, 21-15, 21-14; S2 Pratul Joshi (MP) bt Shashnik Menon (Kar) 21-13, 21-18.

Girls: U-19 S1 Neha Pandit (Mah) bt Ruth Misha (Kar) 21-18, 18-21, 21-18; Aditi Mutatkar (Mah) bt Monisha Vinayak (Kar) 21-3, 21-8; S4 Arundati Pantwane (Mah) bt Sonal More (Mah) 21-12,20-22, 21-10; Mudra Dahinje (Mah) bt J W Agarkar (Mah) 21-15, 21-16.

U-16: S1 Sikky Reddy (AP) bt Megha Merin Ninon (Ker) 21-15, 21-10; S4 Vinita Ghate (Mah) bt M Chandana (AP) 21-17, 21-18; S3 Pradnya Gadre (Mah) bt S Anuradha (Mah) 21-11, 18-21, 21-12; S2 P C Thulasi (Ker) IRD Shravani (AP) 21-17, 21-10.

U-13: S1 Daya Elsa Jacob (Ker) bt Aiswarya N Murthy (Mah) 21-18, 21-16; S4 Leelakshmi (AP) bt Samhitha (AP) 21-5, 21-6; S3 M Chandana (AP) bt Tanya Ravi (Kar) 21-19, 21-19; S2 Gauri Ghate (Mah) bt P V Sindu (AP) 19-21, 23-21, 21-18.

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