Deepthi, Nikhil in quarters

Badminton State-ranking meet

 Top seeds Nikhil Shyam Sriram and Deepthi Ramesh advanced to the quarterfinals of the U-19 boys’ and girls’ categories respectively in the State-ranking badminton tournament here on Tuesday.

In the boys’ pre-quarterfinals, Nikhil defeated Srikar Rajesh 21-17, 21-17. Deepthi got past Ranjini Hegde 21-12, 21-18 in the girls’ section. 

Results: Round of 16: Singles: Boys: U-19: Nikhil Shyam Sriram bt Srikar Rajesh 21-17, 21-17; Mohith Gowda P bt Mayuresh Janpandit 21-18, 20-22, 23-21; Ganesh Vittal bt Abhishek NK 21-17, 18-21, 21-16; Bhargav S bt Bhuvan Rajesh 21-14, 21-11; Shamanth Kidiyoor bt Abhiman Andekuli 21-9, 21-15; Sai Pratheek K bt Saketh Upadhya 21-15, 22-20; Abi Amudan S bt Nithin HV 19-21, 21-13, 21-19; Kiran B bt Vishnuh R Paura 21-12, 21-4.

U-17: Tejas Kallolkar bt Naren S Iyer 21-15, 21-17; Gaurav Ajila bt Kavish Chengappa AD 21-14, 21-17; Chinmaya Venkatesh bt Pruthvi Roy K 21-18, 14-21, 21-11; Saneeth DS bt Bhuvan Rajesh 21-9, 19-21, 21-11; Saket CS bt Kishal Ganapathy  21-11, 21-14; Nithin HV bt Vishesh Sharma 24-22, 21-14; Srikar Rajesh bt Vaibhav BS 21-8, 21-8; Mohith Gowda P bt Bhargav S 18-21, 22-20, 21-15.

U-15: Saneeth DS bt Vaibhav BS 21-10, 21-18; Kishal Ganapathy bt Sumukh GS 21-18, 21-12; Vishesh Sharma bt Prithvi Bapna  21-16, 22-20; Jayanth G bt Parth Basankar 21-7, 21-13; Aditya Diwakar bt Tushar Suveer 22-24, 21-15, 21-15; Chiranjeevi Reddy S  bt Tarun Morab 21-13, 21-17; Suhas V bt Goutham M 21-18, 21-15; Naren S Iyer bt Sujal S 21-14, 21-16.

U-13: Sumukh GS bt Aahan Hegde (14) 21-11, 21-8; Lava T  Vadakal bt Sharan R Kanadam 21-12 21-13; Adithya Pradeep bt Nishanth B J 21-5, 21-10; Satvik Shankar bt Yashas Wali 21-6, 21-13; Aruj Maheshwari bt Pranav Krishnamurthi 21-9, 21-17; Nicholas Nathan Raj bt Anish M 21-11, 20-22, 21-9; Dhanush Gowda bt Mayukh Gowda DB 21-6, 21-6;  Tushar Suveer bt Pranav B 21-13, 21-11.

Girls: U-19: Deepthi Ramesh bt Ranjini Hegde 21-12, 21-18; Dharini Ravikumar Rajarathnam bt Akhila Anand 17-21, 21-15, 21-12; Medha Shashidharan bt Spandana Bekal 21-9, 21-18; Drithi Yatheesh bt Keerthana P Shroff 21-10, 21-11; Prerana Neeluri bt Bhavya Krishnan 24-22, 21-18; Trisha Hegde w.o. Tanya Arora; Ashwini Bhat K bt Sreebhargavi 21-9, 21-14; Ramya C V bt Gagana NS 21-12, 21-9.

U-17: Medha Shashidharan bt Tanya Hemanth 22-20, 21-9; Kriti Bharadwaj bt Ramya CV 21-12, 20-22, 21-13; Ananya Praveen bt Prerana Neeluri 21-8, 21-14; Drithi Yatheesh bt Roshni Venkat 21-17, 21-13; Shraddha Hegde bt Kisha Kothari 19-21, 21-9, 21-19; Keerthana P Shroff bt Pearl Sharma 21-9, 21-8; Varsha Bhat bt Deethya 23-21, 21-18; Trisha Hegde bt Aanchal Dhawan 21-6, 21-10.

U-15: Kriti Bharadwaj bt Gloria V Athavale 21-12, 21-11; Varsha Bhat bt Kushi Athreya 21-10, 21-16; Janani Ananthakumar  bt Kisha Kothari 22-20, 21-18; Arundathi N Muddhu bt Harshitha S 18-21, 21-12, 21-12; Shraddha Hegde bt Nivedha Sriram 21-11, 21-15; Vijetha Harish bt Jayantika Rathore 21-9, 21-8; Niyati N Prabhu (7) bt Shruti Moghe (9) 23-21, 21-14; Tanya Hemanth bt Ritu Shah 22-20, 21-5. 

U-13: Neysa Cariappa A bt Prerana Shet 21-8, 21-7; Gauri V Rao bt Vibha Koundinya 20-22, 24-22, 21-11; Karinka Sree S bt Aradhana B 21-12, 21-8; Smriti Aggarwal bt Shriya K 21-9, 21-13; Anannya Joishy bt Shreya S 21-17, 21-15; Riddhi Shah bt Riddhi Ijare 21-10, 21-11; Jayantika Rathore bt Sneha S 21-17, 21-10; Gayathri Rani Jaiswal bt Raksha Hegde 21-7, 21-10.