Karnataka eves win

Karnataka women kick-started their campaign in the 58th Senior National ball badminton championship on a thumping note, swatting aside Madhya Pradesh 29-4, 29-5 here on Thursday.

In the men’s matches, Puducherry registered one of the biggest wins of the day, routing a listless Jammu and Kashmir 29-2, 29-0.

Results: Men: Bihar bt Manipur 29-3, 29-15; Odisha bt Assam 29-9, 29-16; Andhra bt Jharkhand 29-16, 29-6; Hyderabad bt West Bengal 29-12, 29-10; Kerala bt Uttar Pradesh 29-0, 29-2; Chattisgarh bt Gujarat 29-5, 29-17; Odisha bt DAE 29-25, 29-23; Jharkand bt Haryana 29-18, 29-14; West Bengal bt Punjab 29-11, 29-9; Tamil Nadu bt Goa 29-2, 29-1; Kerala bt Gujarat 29-9, 29-6; Chattisgarh bt NCR 29-1, 29-1; Chandigarh bt Himachal Pradesh 29-7, 29-6; Andhra bt Gujarat 29-0, 29-2; Kerala bt Diu and Daman 29-1, 29-2; Maharastra bt Delhi 29-4, 29-2; Madhya Pradesh bt Odisha 29-12, 29-24; Puducherry bt Jammu and Kashmir 29-2, 29-0; DAE bt Assam 29-17, 23-29, 29-22.

Women: Odisha bt Madhya Pradesh 29-10, 29-11; Chattisgarh bt West Bengal 29-1, 29-3; Andhra bt Tripura 29-2, 29-1; Kerala bt Bihar 29-1, 29-5; Mumbai bt Uttar Pradesh 29-4, 29-1; Chattisgarh bt Manipur 29-2, 29-7; Bihar bt Punjab 19-29, 29-21, 29-17; Tamil Nadu bt Goa 29-0, 29-0; Kerala bt Tripura 29-4, 29-4; Maharastra bt Madhya Pradesh 29-6, 29-3; Hyderabad bt Manipur 29-8, 29-7; Chandigarh bt Jharkhand 29-28, 29-16; Tamil Nadu bt NCR 29-4, 29-0; Karnataka bt Madhya Pradesh 29-4, 29-5; Delhi bt West Bengal 29-9, 29-8; Kerala bt Puducherry 29-3, 29-7.