Rocky enters semis

Pranay stuns top seed Vishnu in boys U-15

Top seeds Rocky Sundar Kasey and Nidhi marched into the semifinals of the under-19 boys and girls sections respectively in the PNB Metlife South Zone Junior Badminton Championship here on Thursday. 

Rocky of Rajahmundry set aside Hathibelagal Thimothy Sushanth Kumar of Anantpur 11-3, 11-6 in the quarterfinals while Dharwad’s Nidhi got past Bengaluru’s Meghashree GS 11-6, 11-10. 

In the under-15 boys singles, number one seed Vishnu Vardhan Goud P of Hyderabad was shown the door by unseeded Pranay Reddy 21-18 in the pre-quarterfinals. Reddy later went on to beat Sanjeeva Rao of Andhra Pradesh in the last eight clash 11-10, 11-4 to book his place in the semifinals. 

Results (all quarterfinals): Boys singles: U-19: Rocky Sundar Kasey bt Hathibelagal Thimothy Sushanth Kumar 11-3, 11-6; Visweshwaran bt Adithya V Shenoi 11-6, 11-5; N Pranauv Ram bt Mithileish P Krishnan 11-7, 11-7; Bhatri Narayanan bt Prashasth BR Kotian 11-5, 11-4.

U-15: Reddy Pranay bt Sanjeeva Rao Relly 11-10, 11-4l; Madina Srikar bt Syam Prasad U 11-10, 11-5; Qadeer Moinuddin Mohammed bt Saneeth S Dayanand 9-11, 11-9, 11-6; Thokala Pavan Krishna bt Bakka Navaneeth 11-5, 11-8.

U-13: Madhumitha M bt Smriti Aggarwal 11-3, 11-6; Haimajha M bt S Cinita 11-2, 11-6; Pavithra Naveen bt Riddhi Sunil Shah 11-9, 11-8; N Srinidhi bt Shivadharani KM 11-7, 11-7. U-11: G Pranav Rao bt Nidhish Bhatt A 11-3, 11-2; Ayush R Shetty bt KB Vishal 11-9, 11-6; Tushar Suveer bt Adithya Pradeep 11-4, 5-11, 11-10; R Anish Raj bt K Sathwik Reddy 11-10, 11-10. 

Girls singles: U-19: Nidhi bt Meghashree GS 11-6, 11-10; K Farhana bt Sadiya 11-1, 11-1; V Shriyanshi bt KN Kanihaa 11-4, 11-4; Mounitha AS bt Gargi C Deekshith 11-4, 11-3.

U-15: D Sheethal bt Richa Muktibodh 9-11, 11-7, 11-10; Nila V bt SS Lakshmi Priyanka 11-3, 11-3; Drithi Yatheesh bt Trisha Hegde 11-9, 11-6; S Kavipriya bt K Bhargavi 11-10, 11-7. 

U-13: S Kavipriya bt Niyati Prabhu 11-5, 10-11, 11-4; Abhilasha A bt Rithika RS 11-5, 11-6; Tanya Hemanth bt Mehreen Riza 11-6, 11-9; K Bhargavi bt S Agnus Swapna 11-10, 11-3. 

U-11: Madhumitha M bt Smriti Aggarwal 11-3, 11-6; Haimajha M bt S Cinita 11-2, 11-6; Pavithra Naveen bt Riddhi Sunil Shah 11-9, 11-8; N Srinidhi bt Shivadharani KM 11-7, 11-7.