JOIN USTop seed Arvind Bhat entered the quarterfinals of the Bangalore City Institute 5-Star State ranking badminton tournament with an easy 21-11, 21-9 win over Akashraj Murthy on Friday.
Second seed Rishiketh Yeligar also advanced with a 21-15, 21-19 win over Loksainath K.
In the women’s doubles quarterfinals, second seeded pair of Nischitha GM and Varsha Belawadi posted a comprehensive 21-5, 21-9 victory over Ashwini Karalingannavar and Navya Karalingannavar to storm into the semifinals.
Results: Men’s singles (pre-quarterfinals): Arvind Bhat bt Akashraj Murthy 21-11 21-9; Kiran Kumar G bt Sudeep Suresh 21-8, 21-14; Suraj R N bt Palghun B S 21-16 11-21 21-16; Hemanth M Gowda bt Durva Kumar M N 21-13 21-13; Sanjeeth S bt Siddharth E S 21-19 21-14; Abhishek Yeligar bt Nikhil Teotia 22-20 21-11; Sahil Sipani bt Venkatesh Pani 21-6 21-5; Rishiketh Yeligar bt Loksainath K 21-15 21-19.
Women’s singles (pre-quarterfinals): Divya A bt Ashwini Karalingannavar 21-9 21-7; Neha G w/o Maitreyi Singh; Harshitha Shetty w/o Tanya Chetan; Akhila Anand bt Divya A J 8-21 21-15 21-19; Poojashree H Sudhakara bt Prathiksha Prakash 21-16 13-21 21-16; Ranjeeta Sheokand bt Neha N K 21-17 21-9; Savita R N bt Dhaarni Ravikumar 21-19 21-16.
Women’s doubles (quarterfinals): Prathiksha Prakash/Savita RN bt Nirmala Prakash/Shreelakshmi Das 21-13, 21-13; Poojashree H Sudhakara/Ranjeeta
Sheokand w.o Meghana Kulkarni/Neha G; Nischitha GM/Varsha Belawadi bt Ashwini Karalingannavar/Navya Karalingannavar 21-5, 21-9.
Mixed doubles: quarterfinals: Sanjeeth S/Nischitha GM bt Irshad Khan/Divya A 21-16, 21-11; Abhinand Shetty/Sangeetha Mari w.o. Aravind Karalingannavar /Ashwini Karalingannavar; Melvin Ashish/Neha G bt Narasimha/Asha Purushotam 21-13, 21-14; Jagdish Yadav/Varsha Belawadi w.o Supreeth/Akhila Anand.