Kiran in semifinals

Top seed Kiran B powered past eighth seed Nikhit Laxman 21-15, 21-17 in the under-17 boys’ singles category to enter the semifinals of the Yonex Sunrise State badminton championships on Wednesday.

Third seed Abi Amudhan S had an easy outing as he defeated sixth seed Ganesh Vittalji 21-18, 21-11. In the girls’ under-13 doubles final, top seed Kriti Bharadwaj and Tanya Hemanth beat Niyati Prabhu N and Shruti Moghe 21-11, 21-11.

Results (prefix denotes seeding): Boys: U-17: Singles, quarterfinals: 1-Kiran B bt 8-Nikhit Laxman 21-15, 21-17; 3-Abi Amudhan S bt 6-Ganesh Vittalji 21-18, 21-11; 4-Nikhil Shyam Sriram bt 5-Sai Pratheek Krishna Prasad 21-15, 21-10; 2-Mayuresh Janpandit bt Chinmaya Venkatesh 21-14, 21-8. Doubles, quarterfinals: 1-Madhuranayagam L Kevin/ Nikhil Shyam Sriram bt Rohit Narang/ Sudharshan Raajkumar E 21-9, 21-16; 3-Mayuresh Janpandit/ Sai Pratheek Krishna Prasad bt Ajinkya Joshi/ Tejas Kallolkar 21-17, 22-20; 4-Kiran B/ Vishnuh R Paura bt Avinash Muralidhara/ Praveen Handigol 21-11, 21-18; 2-Abi Amudhan S/ Nikhit Laxman bt Hemant Patil/ Malatesh Havanur 21-11, 21-14.

U-15: Singles, quarterfinals: 1-Tejas Kallolkar bt 7-Chinmaya Venkatesh 21-14, 21-18; 4-Bhargav S Gowda bt Amogh P 21-19, 21-18; Kartik Vyakaranam bt 8-Ajinkya Joshi 21-4, 21-16; 2-Mohitgowda Palaksha bt 5-Srikar Rajesh 21-12, 21-18.

Doubles, quarterfinals: 1-Ajinkya Joshi/ Tejas Kallolkar bt 8-Nishanth S/ Sumanth Manohar 21-9, 21-7; 4-Bhargav S Gowda/ Mohitgowda Palaksha bt 7-Rishith Roy/ Vivek Hiremath B 21-14, 21-16; 3-Chinmaya Venkatesh/ Srikar Rajesh bt 6-Nithin HV/ Shashank  HN 21-19, 21-18; 2-Pruthvi Roy K / Saket CS bt 5-Abhiman Andekuli/ Amogh P 18-21, 21-13, 21-18.
U-13: Singles, quarterfinals: 1-Naren S Iyer bt Santrupth HV 21-18, 11-1 (retired); Ayush Shetty bt 5-Tushar Suveer 21-11, 21-17; 3-Saneeth S Dayanand bt Parth Basankar 21-13, 21-12; 8-Suhas V bt 2-Vishesh Sharma 18-21, 21-19, 21-19.

Doubles: quarterfinals: 1-Suhas V/ Vishesh Sharma bt 6-Ayush Shetty/ Nicholas Nathan Raj 21-12, 21-16; 4-Sumukh GS/ Tushar Suveer bt Lehans Madhavaraju/ Vikram Saldanha 21-18, 21-14; 8-Mayur K/ Naren S Iyer bt 3-Santrupth HV/ Sujal Shekar 21-9, 6-3 (retired); 2-Aditya Diwakar/ Chiranjeevi Reddy S bt 5-Devdutt Hangal/ Sujnyan Ulhas Kini 21-17, 15-21, 21-12.

Girls: U-17: Singles, quarterfinals: 1-Deepthi Ramesh bt Aanchal Dhawan 21-10, 21-12; 3-Apeksha Nayak bt 5-Mithula UK 21-17, 21-17; 4-Archana Pai bt 7-Trisha Hegde 16-21, 21-9 (retired); 2-Ashwini Bhat K bt 6-Sheethal D 21-7, 4-0 (retired).

U-15: Singles, quarterfinals: 1-Shivani A Pathi bt 5-Ananya Praveen 21-15, 21-11; 8-Keerthana P Shroff bt 4-Sheethal D 21-15, 14-21, 21-19; 3-Drithi Yatheesh bt 6-Ramya CV 21-11, 21-19; 2-Trisha Hegde bt 7-Medha Shashidharan 21-17, 21-16. Doubles, final: 1-Drithi Yatheesh/ Trisha Hegde w/o 4-Sheethal D/ Shivani A Pathi.

Semifinals: 1-Drithi Yatheesh/ Trisha Hegde bt 3-Keerthana P Shroff/ Tanya Hemanth 21-18, 21-15; 4-Sheethal D/ Shivani A Pathi bt 2-Ananya Praveen/ Medha Shashidharan 16-21, 21-11, 21-13.

U-13: Singles, quarterfinals: 1-Tanya Hemanth bt 8-Shruti Moghe 21-11, 21-15; 3-Kushi Athreya bt 6-Shraddha Hegde 21-19, 19-21, 21-18; 4-Niyati Prabhu N bt 7-Alfiya R Basari 21-14, 21-18; 2-Kriti Bharadwaj bt 5-Varsha Bhat 21-10, 21-10.

Doubles, final: 1-Kriti Bharadwaj/ Tanya Hemanth bt 3-Niyati Prabhu N/ Shruti Moghe 21-11, 21-11.

Semifinals: 1-Kriti Bharadwaj/ Tanya Hemanth bt 4-Kushi Athreya/ Varsha Bhat 11-21, 21-18, 21-10; 3-Niyati Prabhu N/ Shruti Moghe bt 2-Janani Ananthkumar/ Shraddha Hegde 21-15, 21-2.