Mahima Agarwal teamed up with Deepali R Q and dashed the title hopes of Apeksha Naik-Tanvee S K duo with a 21-2, 21-6 thrashing in the finals of the girls’ under-10 doubles event in the East Cultural Association Arattukulam State-ranking badminton tournament here on Sunday.
Mahima now stands in line for a double as she secured a final berth in the under-10 singles with a facile 21-2, 21-4 victory over Anisha Krishna.
In the title clash, Mahima will meet Deepali Karumbaiah, who outclassed Aashi Gupta 21-16, 21-9 in the other semifinal.
Jacqueline advances
Jacqueline R Kunnath drubbed Mishika Gupta 21-7, 21-5 to enter the quartefinals in the girls under-16 category.
Also joining Jacqueline in the last eight phase are Priya Prakash, Sindhu Bharadwaj, Anusha D Karumbaiah, Rishika Radhakrishnan and Anagha Unni.Meanwhile Mithun Manjunath entered the semifinals in the boys U-10 category with a 21-5, 21-7 verdict over Syed Saadali.
Results: Boys: U-13: pre-quarterfinals: Siddarth S bt Daniel S 21-5, 21-5; Harshith Agarwal bt Vishal R Bhat 21-10, 21-14; Vinay S Bharadwaj bt 22-20, 22-20; Sudeep Suresh bt Sreedhar Radhakrishna 21-17, 21-12; Srivas M C bt Vashista S 21-17, 21-6; K V Rakshith bt Akashraj Murthy 21-19, 21-18; Mithun Manjunath bt Anish Upadyay 21-13, 21-13; Shiv Nayak bt B R Sankeerth 23-21, 21-16.
U-10: quarterfinals: Mithun Manjunath bt Syed Saadali 21-5, 21-7; S Vignesh bt Ajay Anand 21-16, 21-12; Abhishek bt Nirmith Kaushik 22-20, 21-9; M Raghu bt Rahul B Prasad 21-7, 21-12.
Girls: U-16, pre-quarterfinals: Jacqueline R Kunnath bt Mishika Gupta 21-7, 21-5; Priya Prakash bt A J Divya 21-13, 21-11; Sindhu Bharadwaj bt Samreen Zaheer 21-14, 21-7; Anisha D Karumbaiah bt Mallika J 21-5, 21-9; Rishika Radhakrishnan bt Shradda Naik 21-9, 21-13; Anagha Unni bt Nidhi K 21-10, 21-4.
U-13, quarterfinals: Poorvisha bt Priya Prakash 21-13, 21-11; Sangeetha Udupa bt Sindhu Bharadwaj 18-21, 21-18, 21-18; Anisha D Karumbaiah bt Nivya Uday 21-16, 21-15; Mallika J bt Parvathy S Krishnan 21-11, 21-14.
U-10, semifinals: Mahima Agarwal bt Anisha Krishna 21-2, 21-4; Deepali Karumbaiah bt Aashi Gupta 21-16, 21-9.
Doubles: Girls: U-10, final: Deepali R Q/ Mahima Agarwal bt Apeksha Naik/ Tanvee S K 21-2, 21-6.