JOIN USTop seed Nikhit Laxman had not trouble swatting aside CS Ponnappa to march into the quarterfinals of the 18th W Suresh Kumar Memorial-AISS Gloabl 3-Star badminton ranking tournament here on Sunday.
Results (all pre-quarterfinals): Boys: Under-15: 1-Nikhit Laxman (WPBA) bt Ponnappa CS (AF) 21-6, 21-11; Sai Pratheek K (ECA) bt Chinmaya Venkatesh (WPBA) 21-16, 25-27, 21-5; 4-Nikhilshyam Sriram (NGV) bt Kiran B (BBCE) 21-17, 21-14; 8-Amogh Gupta R (PPBA) bt Anirudh Rao (Bgv) 21-10, 15-21, 22-20; Gaurav MS (WPBA) bt Sourav Yadav (AF) 21-18, 18-21, 22-20; 3-Abhi Amudan (RBA) bt Udaya C (CUCT) 21-18, 21-19; 6-Saif Ali (BBCE) bt Sameer Subhedar (NGV) 21-13, 24-22; 2-Akshay Srinivas S (NGV) bt Vishnuh Paura (Reliance) 21-19, 21-8.
Under-13: 1-Kartik Vyakaranam (NGV) bt Amogh P (WPBA) 21-9, 21-8; Sujith BS (SAI) bt Rishab Rajumohan (Reliance) 21-7, 21-10; 4-Ajinkya Joshi (Bgv) bt Akash S (MSBA) 20-22, 21-15, 21-16; 8-Chinmaya Venkatesh (WPBA) bt Tejas Suresh (B'lore) 21-10, 21-5; Mohit P Gowda (SAI) bt 6-Pruthvi Roy K (DYSS) 21-18, 21-11; Saket CS (SNC) bt 3-Srikar Rajesh (WPBA) 16-21, 27-25, 21-13; Shivdeep Jayanth (MSBA) bt 7-Shamadeep Mandal (Reliance) 21-17, 21-11; 2-Tejas Sanjay Kallolkar (Bgv) bt Saneeth Dayanand S (Shi) 21-5, 21-7.
Girls, under-15: 1-Apeksha Nayak (PPBA) bt Nanditha Ravi (BBCE) 21-5, 21-11; 7-Sheetal Sudarshan (NGV) bt Sahana R (Vasanth) 21-10, 21-11; 4-Reenu Tirumal (NGV) bt Bhavya Krishnan (BBCE) 21-13, 21-6; 8-Drithi Yatheesh (ECA) bt Sheethal D (PPBA) 25-23, 21-17; 5-Mithula UK (PPBA) bt Richa Muktibodh (Reliance) 21-13, 21-16; 3-Sarayu Vyakaranam (NGV) bt Advika Ganesh (PPBA) 21-12, 21-10; 6-Shivani A Pathi (ECA) bt Ramya CV (Galaxy Club) 21-12, 21-7; 2-Archana Pai (PPBA) bt Prarthana Vasudevan (NGV) 21-6, 21-11.