Ajay Patil lived up to his top billing to outclass L U Chiraag in straight games and win the under-16  boys’ singles title in the Wearhouse 17th State-ranking badminton tournament at the Sadashivanagar Club courts here on Tuesday.

Patil, who missed the State-ranking tournament at the ARI courts last week, posted a 21-9, 21-11 victory over the sixth seed Chiraag to emerge champion.

In another final, S Siddharth got the better of Shiv Nayak 21-18, 12-21, 21-18 to lift the under-13 boys’ singles title.

In hte men’s section, V Amar moved into the quarterfinals with a comprehensive 21-7, 21-12 win over M Shiva Kumar.

D Guruprasad scored an equally emphatic 21-6, 21-7 win over the hapless Anil Pradhan in another pre-quarterfinal clash.

Results:

Men (pre-quarterfinals): V Amar bt M Shiva Kumar 21-7, 21-12; Y Sumeeth bt K B Arun 21-17, 21-15; K Jagadish Yadav bt Sunil Verma 13-21, 21-10, 21-15; Prateek Khurana bt Adarsh Kumar 19-21, 21-12, 21-19; Ninad Kamath bt Irshad Khan 21-19, 21-15; D Guruprasad bt Anil Pradhan 21-6, 21-7; S D S Krishna bt Sanjeeth P 26-24, 21-8; M D Anup Kiran bt T R Jeevan 21-14, 21-11.

Boys: Under-16 (final): Ajay Patil bt L U Chiraag 21-9, 21-11. Under-13 (final): S Sidharth bt Shiv Nayak 21-18, 12-21, 21-18.

Women (quarterfinals): Ankita Ashoka bt Juhi P Hegde 21-5, 21-14, G M Nischita bt Savitha 21-6, 21-5; Adfa Taqui bt Tejaswini 21-6, 21-13.