Top seed Kartik Vyakaranam continued his good run beating fifth seed Shivdeep Jayanth 21-16, 21-2 to reach the under-13 boys’ singles semifinals of the Devanahalli 3-Star State-ranking badminton tournament on Friday.
In other matches, third seed Chinmaya Venkatesh defeated eighth seed Saket CS 21-19, 21-16 while seventh seed Pruthvi Roy got the better of fourth seed Srikar Rajesh 21-15, 21-15.
Sixth seed Rohit Krishna eased to a 21-9, 21-10 win over Saneeth S Dayanand.
Results: Boys’ singles: U-15: Pre-quarterfinals: 1-Kevin ML (ECA) bt Sameer Subhedar (NGV) 21-12, 21-11; 6-Saif Ali (BBCE) bt Saket CS (SNC) 21-8, 21-12; 4-Abi Amudhan S (RBA) bt Kiran B (BBCE) 21-11, 21-12; 5-Saketh Upadhya (WPBA) bt Anirudh Rajeev (ECA) 21-14, 21-17; Monish Gowda (WPBA) bt 8-Ganesh Vittalji (ECA) 16-21, 21-18, 21-18; 3-Nikhilshyam Sriram (NGV) bt Gavrav MS (WPBA) 21-9, 21-17; 7-Avinash S (Reliance) bt Sai Pratheek K (ECA) 21-18, 17-21, 21-17; 2-Nikhit Laxman (WPBA) bt Akash S (Vasanth) 21-7, 21-8.
U-13: Quarterfinals: 1-Kartik Vyakaranam bt 5-Shivdeep Jayanth (BCI) 21-16, 21-2; 3-Chinmaya Venkatesh (WPBA) bt 8-Saket CS 21-19, 21-16; 7-Pruthvi Roy bt 4-Srikar Rajesh (WPBA) 21-15, 21-15; 6-Rohit Krishna (WPBA) bt Saneeth S Dayanand (Shimoga) 21-9, 21-10.
Girls’ singles: U-15: Pre-quarters: 1-Reenu Tirumal (HHBA) bt Gagana NS (Shimoga) 21-9, 21-13; 7-Bhavya Krishnan (BBCE) bt Malaaika B (NGV) 21-15, 22-24, 23-21; 4-Prarthana Vasudevan (NGV) bt Nidha Fathima (WPBA) 21-9, 21-12; 5-Drithi Yatheesh (ECA) bt Advika Ganesh (PPBA) 21-9, 21-4; 3-Shivani A Pathi (ECA) bt Roshni Venkat (BBCE) 21-13, 21-7; Ramya CV (Galaxy Club) bt Vibha G (WPBA) 21-13, 21-7; 2-Sarayu Vyakaranam (NGV) bt Anmol Jain (B’lore) 21-5, 21-8.
U-13: Pre-quarters: 1-Shivani A Pathi (ECA) bt Ananya Praveen (NGV) 21-10, 21-5; 8-Medha Shashidharan (NGV) bt Advika Ganesh (PPBA) 21-12, 21-15; 3-Sheethal D (PPBA) bt Sakshi Agarwal (NGV) 21-18, 21-9; 5-Deetya Jagadish (NGV) bt Roshni Venkat (BBCE) 21-16, 17-21, 21-13; 6-Prarthana Vasudevan (NGV) bt Anushka Ganesh (PPBA) 21-8, 21-8; 4-Drithi Yatheesh (ECA) bt Kushi Athreya (NGV) 21-3, 21-3; 7-Keerthana Shroff P (NGV) bt Ramya CV (Galaxy Club) 21-12, 21-12; 2-Trisha Hegde (PPBA) bt Tanya Hemanth (NGV) 21-12, 21-13.