JOIN USManjunath had few problems in powering past an outclassed Nakul N Rao, romping to a 21-15, 21-8 victory.Joining him in the last eight were Syed Saad Ali and Raghu M. While Ali eased past Abi Amudan 21-14, 21-7, Raghu was too good for Sai Prateek on his way to a 21-2, 21-10 verdict.
Yash Lad, meanwhile, entered the third round of the under-16 section with a 21-13, 21-10 drubbing of Darshan Hegde.
Results: Boys, U-16 (second round): Yash Lad bt Darshan Hegde 21-13, 21-10; BR Sankeerth bt Suraj N Saunshi 21-12, 21-16; Vasishta Suresh bt Anirudh Deshpande 21-15, 21-12; Sahil Sipani bt Ashik R 21-4, 21-2; Akashraj Murthy bt Anish Upadhyay 21-19, 21-14; Vishwanath Kiran bt Akshay M 21-7, 21-10; Apoorv D bt Siddarth ES 21-15, 22-20; Daniel S Farid bt Nikhil Sriram 21-5, 21-3; Pradyumna K bt Vishnu R Paura 21-7, 21-10; Vishal R Bhat bt Shivendu 21-9, 21-17; Jaswanth Gowda bt Nirmith Kaushik 21-6, 21-16.
U-13 (pre-quarterfinals): Mithun Manjunath bt Nakul N Rao 21-15, 21-8; Anirudh Deshpande bt Sagar N Saunshi 21-16, 21-17; Abhishek R bt Rahul B Prasad 21-9, 21-7; Rohan Kamath bt Nikhil Sriram 22-20, 21-11; Vignesh S bt Tejaswi Sagar 21-9, 21-13; Raghu M bt Sai Prateek 21-2, 21-10; Rahul Bharadwaj bt Akash V Anvekar 21-19, 21-16; Syed Saad Ali bt Abi Amudan 21-14, 21-7.