Top seed Kartik in quarterfinals

Top seed Kartik Vyakaranam registered a hard-fought 21-10, 20-22, 21-15 win over Bhargav S to enter the under-13 boys’ singles quarterfinals of the Devanahalli 3-Star State-ranking badminton tournament on Thursday.

In other pre-quarterfinal matches, fifth seed Shivdeep Jayanth got the better of Santrupth HV 21-13, 21-14 while third seed Chinmaya Venkatesh defeated Sujal Shekar 21-9, 21-9. 

Results (Prefix denotes seedings):

Boys’ singles: U-13: Pre-quarterfinals: 1-Kartik Vyakaranam (JPN) bt Bhargav S (B’lore) 21-10, 20-22, 21-15; 5-Shivdeep Jayanth (BCI) bt Santrupth HV (WPBA) 21-13, 21-14; 3-Chinmaya Venkatesh (WPBA) bt Sujal Shekar (WPBA) 21-9, 21-9; 8-Saket CS (SNC) bt Vikas Kumar Gowda (WPBA) 21-19, 21-16; 7-Pruthvi Roy (Shimoga) bt Amogh P (WPBA) 22-20, 21-12; 4-Srikar  Rajesh (WPBA) bt Nithin HV (Shimoga) 21-9, 21-18; 6-Rohit Krishna (WPBA) bt Sujit BS (B’lore) 17-21, 21-17, 21-17; Saneeth S Dayanand (Shimoga) bt 2-Shashank Reddy V (SBA) 21-7, 24-22.
Girls’ singles (first round): U-15: 1-Reenu Tirumal (HHBA) bt Pooja Niranjan (SAI) 21-3, 21-2; Gagana NS (Shimoga) w/o Neha (WPBA); 7-Bhavya Krishnan (BBCE) w/o Shubha Nandeesh (MRF); Malaaika B (NGV) bt Siri S Gowda (Vijayanagar) 21-19, 21-19; 4-Prarthana Vasudevan (NGV) bt Shreemati Pol (Hubli) 21-5, 21-13; Nidha Fathima (WPBA) bt Elizabeth (SBA) 21-13, 21-4; 5-Drithi Yatheesh (ECA) bt Ranjani Hegde (Shimoga) 21-7, 21-9; Advika Ganesh (PPBA) bt Shreeraksha (B’lore) 21-14, 23-21; 6-Sheetal Sudarshan (NGV) bt Varsha Prabhu (Shimoga) 21-1, 21-3; Roshni Venkat (BBCE) bt Sanjana Shekar (MRF) 21-11, 21-3; 3-Shivani  A Pathi (ECA) bt Shishira MV (WPBA) 21-2, 21-6; Ramya CV (Galaxy Club) w/o Nethra Muthukrishnan (ECA); Vibha G (WPBA) bt 8-Chaitra Alankar (JPN) 21-14, 21-18; Anmol Jain (B’lore) bt Rithika S (KCYBA) 21-16, 21-12; 2-Sarayu Vyakaranam (NGV) bt Vaishanavi R (KBA) 21-7, 21-2.

U-13: 1-Shivani A Pathi (ECA) bt Nikhithasri Dara (B’lore) 21-3, 21-4; Ananya Praveen (NGV) bt Rithika S (KCYBA) 21-14, 21-16; 8-Medha Shashidharan (NGV) bt Avani V Pawar (HBA) 21-1, 21-3; Advika Ganesh (PPBA) bt Stella D (NGV) 21-12, 21-9; 3-Sheethal D (PPBA) w/o Kushi (WPBA); Sakshi Agarwal (NGV) bt Kriti  Bharadhwaj (Cosmo) 21-14, 21-11; 5-Deetya Jagadish (NGV) bt Ria Roy (PWP) 21-1, 21-5; Roshni Venkat (BBCE) bt Sevanthi Goutham (KBA) 21-2, 21-2; Anushka Ganesh (PPBA) bt Alfiya R Basari (HBA) 21-17, 21-1; 6-Prarthana Vasudevan (NGV) bt Vijetha H (Cosmo) 21-4, 21-15; Kushi Athreya (NGV) w/o Megha L (WPBA); 4-Drithi Yatheesh (ECA) bt Lakshmi Sree G (Vasanth) 21-7, 21-4; Ramya CV (Galaxy Club) bt Gagana NS (Shimoga) 15-21, 21-16, 23-21; 7-Keerthana Shroff P (NGV) bt Niyati Prabhu N (B’lore) 21-15, 21-19; Tanya Hemanth (NGV) bt Surabi (SBA) 21-2, 21-4; 2-Trisha Hegde (PPBA) bt Shishira MV (WPBA) 21-3, 21-5.