Confident Raghav off to a solid beginning

Arpit Raghav enjoyed a fruitful outing at the State-ranking badminton tournament as he won both his singles and the doubles matches here on Saturday.

In the singles match, Arpit faced a stiff challenge from Varun Khadri before sealing an one-game match 21-19. In the doubles, pairing with Balraj Kajla, Aprit handed Ashwin Simha MK and Shravan Kumar a 21-10 drubbing.

Results: Boys U-19 (Singles, round 3): Peshal M bt Sudharshan Raajkumar E 21-10; Pranav Satyanarayana bt Anikait Targolli 23-21; Arpit Raghav bt Varun Khadri 21-19; Shanth Vidyababu bt Yashwanth Nethaji NT W/o; Srikar Rajesh bt Rishith Roy 21-13; Anirudh Deshpande bt Ashwin Simha MK 21-18; Anirudh Rajeev bt Karthik Hegde 21-12; Migil Yogananda bt Sameer Kohli Chadha  21-15.

U-17: Singles (Round 3): Sameer Kohli Chadha bt Chirag C 21-13; Srikanth Chandra bt Avinash S 21-18, Sai Prateek bt Arpit Raghav 21-10; Chinmay Hegde R bt Anikait Targolli 21-14; Saket CS bt Shrinivas Deshpande 21-15; Shanth Vidyababu def Rishab Rajumohan 23-21; Saketh Upadhya bt Migil Yogananda 21-13; Arnav Gupta bt Varun Khadri 21-14.

Girls: U-19 (Singles, round of 32): Prathiksha Prakash bt Shishira MV 22-20; Drithi Yatheesh bt Chaitanya Bhat 21-6; Dhaarini Ravi Kumar bt Lassya A 21-15; Uzma Fathima bt Sinchana I 21-11; Sree Raksha S bt Smitha Rao 21-12; Ranjeeta Sheokand bt Aanchal Dhawan 21-17; Ranjini Hegde bt Namratha 21-4; Apeksha Nayak bt Prerana NS 21-8;

Ramya CV bt Jayashree G 21-12; Deepthi Ramesh bt Tanya Arora 21-5; Chaitra Alankar bt Sreebhargavi Devarayasamudram 21-16; Bhavya Krishnan bt Akhila Anand 21-13;
Doubles (Quarterfinals): Prathiksha Prakash/ Savita RN bt Aanchal Dhawan/ Tanya Arora 21-14, 21-10; Drithi Yatheesh/ Richa Muktibodh bt Chaitanya Bhat/ Sree Raksha S  21-9, 21-6; Apeksha Nayak/ Deepthi Ramesh bt Poojashree HS / Ranjeeta Sheokand 21-14, 21-9; Archana Pai/ Neha G bt Lassya A/ Sinchana I 21-4, 21-3.

U-17: Singles (Round of 64): Dhaarini Ravi Kumar bt Sreebhargavi Devarayasamudram 21-14; Kavya Krishnan bt Smitha Rao 25-23; Shubha Nandeesh bt Raksha K Raj 21-1; Tanya Arora tb Tejaswini Gadag 21-6; Deeptha BN bt Navya Karalingannavar W/o; Richa Muktibodh bt Shaina Nyrika 21-3; Chaitanya Bhat bt Maitreyi Singh 21-18; Sonali KP bt Divinya Banarjee W/o; Trisha Hegde bt Harshika Gopumadhavan 21-1; Bhavya Krishnan bt Shreya Joshi 21-5; Vaishnavi Sharma bt Shishira MV 21-19; Aanchal Dhawan bt Prerana NS 21-11; Sree Raksha S bt Lassya A 21-10; Samhitha Narasipura bt Sanjana Dutta W/o; Sheethal D bt Michelle Allayne Caudrillier 21-5; Drithi Yatheesh bt Aarabhi Datta 21-1; Uzma Fathima, Vasanth bt Ananya Srinivasan W/o.