Praneeth guides AP into final
Andhra Pradesh and Air India made it to the title round of the boys’ section of the Inter-State Zonal badminton championships at the PET Sports Complex here on Tuesday. Aided by a B Sai Praneeth’s good show, AP registered a comfortable 2-0 win over Uttar Pradesh in the semifinals of the Narang Cup.
Air India also scored a 2-0 victory against Assam to enter the title round.
Sai Praneeth scored an easy 21-12, 21-10 win over Shiwam Sharma in singles match to give AP a 1-0 lead.
Sai Praneeth then combined with B Sumeeth Reddy to rally past Manu Atree and Shiwam Sharma 21-18, 22-24, 21-15 in the doubles tie. In the girls’ section, defending champions Andhra Pradesh will meet Maharashtra.
AP defeated Delhi 2-0 and Maharashta edged out Air India 2-1 in the Shafi Quereshi Cup semifinal matches.
Results : Boys (Narang Cup): Semifinals: Andhra Pradesh: 2 (B Sai Praneeth bt Shiwam Sharma 21-12, 21-10; Sai Praneeth/ B Sumeeth Reddy bt Manu Atree/ Shiwam Sharma 21-18, 22-24, 21-15) bt Uttar Pradesh: 0; Air India: 2 (H S Prannoy bt Anshuman Bora 21-13, 21-9; P Pranav Chopra bt H S Prannoy bt Anjan Buragohain / Ranjan Buragohain 21-12, 21-16) bt Assam: 0. Quarterfinals: Uttar Pradesh: 2 (Manu Atree bt Pratul Joshi 21-18, 14-21, 22-20; Manu Atree/ Shivam Sharma bt Aditya Joshi/ Nipendra Singh 15-21, 21-13, 21-11) bt Madhya Pradesh: 0.
Assam: 2 (Nikhilesh Sharma bt Tushar Badecha 21-16, 10-21, 11-21; Nikhilesh Sharma/ Anshuman Bora bt Tushar Badecha/ Mahip Singh 21-19, 21-17) bt Chandigarh: 0.
Girls (Shafi Quereshi Cup): Semifinals: AP: 2 (N Sikki Reddy bt Nidhi Tewari 21-4, 21-15; Sikki Reddy/ PV Sindhu bt Nidhi Tewari/ Shreya Agarwal 21-19, 21-11) bt Delhi: 0; Maharashtra: 2 (Gauri Ghate/ Prajakta Sawant bt Saili Rane/ Vaishali Baria 21-12, 22-20; Gauri Ghate bt Anuradha Shrikhande 21-14, 21-15) bt Air India: 1 (Saili Rane bt Sanyogitha Ghorpade 21-11, 17-21). ‘ Quarterfinals: Delhi: 2 (Sherya Agarwal bt Kaberi Phukan 21-19, 14-21, 21-14; Sherya Agarwal/ Nidhitewari bt Kaberi Phukan/ Mridusmitha Phukan 16-21, 21-13, 21-16) bt Assam: 0; Air India: 2 (Anuradha Shrikhande bt Sheshadri Sanyal 21-11, 21-6; Vaishali Baria/ Saili Rane bt Sheshadri Sanyal/ Rituparnadas 21-14, 21-10) bt West Bengal: 0.
