Aditya, Gayathri move on with convincing victories

Aditya Narayan Bhat and Gayathri Rani had a fruitful outing as the two held their nerves to record impressive wins to move into the quarterfinals of the Koramangala Club U-10 State-ranking badminton tournament here on Saturday.

In his singles pre-quaterfinals clash, Aditya beat Ayush R Shetty 21-19, 21-12 to move into last eight, while in the doubles, he paired up with Aditya Diwakar to blank Daksh Dhingra and Veeraj Mohanty 21-2, 21-5 to book a place in the quarters.

In the girls’ section, Gayathri overcame a resilient Gauri V Rao to move into the quaters of the singles with a 22-20, 22-20 win. Later, she along with Karnika Sree, demolished Arpitha and Shriya Kalyan 21-2, 21-6 to secure a semifinal berth for themselves.

Results: Boys’ singles (Round of 16): Sumukh GS bt Satvik Shankar 21-15, 21-8; Aditya Narayan Bhat bt Ayush R Shetty 21-19, 21-12; Krish Puri bt Nicholas Nathan Raj 21-12, 21-17; Suchinth K Shivaram bt Dhanush H Gowda 21-7, 21-19; Aditya Pradeep bt Ajay Krishna V 21-10, 21-11; Tushar Suveer bt Eshaan Ballal 21-4, 21-1; Neel Devaiya bt Sharan R Knadam 19-21, 21-15, 22-20; Aditya Diwakar bt Pranav B 25-23, 21-18.

Doubles (Round of 16): Aditya Diwakar/ Aditya Narayan Bhat bt Daksh Dhingra/ Veeraj Mohanty 21-2, 21-5; Navneet Desai/ Saharsh Raj bt Pranav Ravishankar/ Zayaan Jadhani W/o; Nithin Kamath S/ Suchinth K Shivaram bt Lal Sai Samit C/ Satvik Phadke 21-4, 21-11; Arul Arora/ Sharan R Knadam bt Kaustub MS/ Shashank P 21-16, 19-21, 21-10; Aditya Pradeep/ Krish Puri bt Ayush Toshniwal/ Eshaan Ballal 21-6, 21-9; Nicholas Nathan Raj/ Satvik Shankar bt Anoop P/ Dhanush H Gowda 21-10, 21-5; Manu NG/ Neel Devaiya bt Anil Adwaith/ Pawan Kumar K N 21-13, 21-15; Sumukh G S/ Tushar Suveer bt Aabir Saha/ Aharam Setia 21-13, 21-12.

Girls singles (Round of 16): Mounitha A S bt Sanjana Srinath 21-15, 16-21, 21-14; Shriya K bt Ridhi S 21-18, 27-25; Gayathri Rani Jaiswal bt Gauri V Rao 22-20, 22-20; Ananya Joshi bt Parinitha V 21-17, 21-9; Rakshita A bt Smriti Aggarwal 21-11, 21-10; Karnika Sree S bt Poorvi Basanth 21-5, 21-12; Neysa Cariappa A bt Anvitha 21-19, 21-18; Riddhi S Shah bt Illisha Pal 21-5, 21-5.

Doubles (Quarterfinals): Gauri V Rao/ Rakshita A bt Ananya Joshi/ Sanjana Srinath 21-15, 21-10; Gayathri Rani Jaiswal/ Karnika Sree S bt Arpitha/ Shriya Kalyan 21-2, 21-6; Deekshita S/ Vibha Koundinya bt Mounitha A S/ Prerana A 21-13, 21-16; Bhuvana M /Shriya K bt Illisha Pal/ Neema 21-16, 21-15.