JOIN USTop seed Rohan Castellino overcame Kiran Mouli, the tenth seed, 21-4, 21-16 to enter the quarterfinals of the 8th MS Ramaiah Anandashram 3-star State-ranking badminton tournament on Friday.
However, it was curtains for second seed Suraj RN, who lost his match to the fifteenth seed Rameswar Mahapatra 21-15, 17-21, 19-21 to crash out.
Results (Prefix denotes seedings):
Men’s: Pre-quarterfinals: 1- Rohan Castellino (INC) bt 10- Kiran Mouli BR (SBA) 21-4, 21-16; Mithun Manjunath (WPBA) bt Arjun T Ram (RBA) 21-9, 21-8; 3- Daniel Farid S (PPBA) bt Ashish Melvin (SAI) 21-6, 21-11; 7- Amith Kumar D (SAI) bt Anup Kiran MD (WPBA) 17-21, 21-12, 21-11; Nishanth Murthy (HBCC) bt 8- Karthikey K (AGS) 21-19, 21-18; Abhishek Yeligar (Dharwad) bt 11- Adarsh Kumar S (KBA) 21-15, 21-18; 6- Sankeerth BR (NGV) bt 13- Rishiketh Yeligar (Dharwad) 15-21, 21-15, 21-17; 15- Rameswar Mahapatra (RBA) bt 2- Suraj RN (SAI) 15-21, 21-17, 21-19.
Women’s: Pre-quarterfinals: Varsha Belawadi (KBA) bt Shruthi Venkat (SBA) 21-5, 21-4; Nischita GM (SNC) bt Krithika Kashyap (KBA): 21-7, 21-7; Savita RN (WPBA) bt Rajani Pani (BCI): 21-17, 21-9.