Saketh in title round

Unseeded Saketh Upadhyay of Vidya Niketan School brushed aside a challenge from fifth seed Anirudh Rajeev of National Centre for Excellence in the boys’ U-16 category to book his place in the final of the 12th Ramesh Padukone-Mehul Sirur Memorial inter-school badminton tournament here on Thursday.

Saketh defeated Anirudh 21-19, 21-18.
Results (all semifinals, prefix denotes seeding): U-16: Boys, Singles: Saketh Upadhyay (Vidya Niketan School) bt 5-Anirudh Rajeev (National Centre For Excellence) 21-19, 21-18; 2-Chinmaya Venkatesh (Sri Kumaran Public School, Mallasandra) bt 3-Saket CS (National Public School) 21-12, 24-26, 21-12. Doubles: 1-Sai Pradeek/ Shashank (ITI Central School) bt Abhishek KA/ Zeeshan Ulhaque (DPS East) 21-7, 21-16; Anil ASBP/ Anirudh R (National Centre For Excellence) bt 2-Avinash S/ Rishabh R (Sri Kumaran Children Home) 21-16, 23-21.

U-14: Singles: 1-Saket CS (National Public School, Rajajinagar) bt Shivadeep Jayanth (The Brigade School) 21-8, 21-18; 2-Chinmaya Venkatesh (Sri Kumaran Public School, Mallasandra) bt 5-Vishesh Sharma (Delhi Public School-North) 21-11, 21-11. Doubles: 1-Akshay M/ Saket CS (National Public School, Rajajinagar) bt 3-Raghav M/ Vishesh Sharma (Delhi Public School-North) 21-13, 21-12; Ankith N/ Pawan R Kumar (Sri Aurobindo Memorial School) bt Abhishek KA/ Zeeshan Ulhaque (DPS East) 20-22, 21-13, 21-13.
U-12: Singles: 1-Tushar Suveer (Narayana E Techno School) bt 3-Sujal Shekar (Gandhi Centenery English Primary School) 18-21, 21-14, 21-14; 2-Santrupth HV (Poorna Prajna Education Centre) bt 5-Sumukh GS (Jnanodaya School) 21-15, 19-21, 21-17.

Doubles: 1-Aditya Diwakar/ Siraj F Senthil (New Horizon Public School) bt Eshaan Ballal/ Surya Praveen (Delhi Public School-North) 21-12, 21-6; Rishab/ Satvik Shankar (Navkis Education Centre) bt Amogh Singh/ Siddarth (Vidyashilp Acadamy) 21-7, 21-12.

U-10: Singles: 1-Tushar Suveer (Narayana E Techno School) bt 5-Satvik Shankar (Navkis Education Centre) 21-13, 21-12; 4-Pranav B (Carmel High School) bt 2-Nicholas Nathan (New Millennium School) 21-17, 21-17. Doubles: 1-Nishanth Acharya/ Sharad Srinivas (Kumaran CBSE) bt Arjun/ Narayanan (Vidyashilp Academy) 21-8, 21-5; Mayukh DB/ Pranav Mohan (National Hill View Public School) bt 2-Anirudh/ Aron (Vidyashilp Academy) 21-19, 21-19.

Girls: U-16: Singles: 1-Trisha Hegde (Sishu Griha Montessori & High School) bt Sahana R (Sindhi High School) 21-14, 21-12; 2-Sheetal D (Delhi Public School South) bt Medha Shashidharan (Primus School) 2-1 retd. Doubles: 1-Keerthana P Shroff/ Trisha Hegde (Sishu Griha Montessori & High School) bt Abha Sarang Gadgil/ Risha R Shetty (Royale Concorde International School) 21-11, 21-7; 2-Aanchal Dhawan/ Tanya Hemanth (National Public School) bt 3-Sahana R/ Sneha Pai (Sindhi High School) 21-8, 21-12.

U-14: Singles: 1-Ananya Praveen (Sri Kumaran Childrens Home) bt 3-Keerthana P Shroff (Sishu Griha Montessori & High School) 21-14, 16-21, 21-15; Vijetha Harish (Delhi Public School South) bt 2-Medha Shashidharan (Primus School) 21-17, 3-21, 21-19. Doubles: 1-Ananya Praveen/ Nivedha Sriram (Sri Kumaran Childrens Home) bt 4-Karnika Sree S/ Kruthika Devi S (Bishop Cotton Girls’ School) 21-10, 21-16; 2-Advika Ganesh/ Anushka Ganesh (Vibgyor High, Marathalli) bt 3-Janavi S/ Kushi Athreya (Sri Kumaran Children Home) 21-13, 21-12.

U-12: Singles: 1-Shraddha Hegde (Sindhi Public School, Hebbal) bt 4-Karnika Sree S (Bishop Cotton Girls’ School) 21-13, 21-11; Vijetha Harish (Delhi Public School South) bt 9-Arya Hariharan (Gopalan International School) 21-9, 21-9. Doubles: 1-Aditi Mukund/ Shraddha Hegde (Sindhi Public School-Hebbal) bt Mahi Srivatsava/ Prasiddhi (Sri Vani Public School) 21-4, 21-3; Niyati Arun/ Sohini Kayal (National Public School) bt Anjali/ Anvitha (Vidyashilp Acadamy) 21-15, 21-14.

U-10: Singles: 1-Karnika Sree S (Bishop Cotton Girls’ School) bt 3-Shriya K (Sri Aurobindo Memorial School) 21-13, 21-12; 2-Mounitha AS (New Baldwin Residential School) bt 5-Meghashree (Jnanodaya School) 21-13, 20-22, 21-19.