JOIN US Drithi Yatheesh of Karnataka advanced into the quarterfinals of the girls under-15 category in the All India Sub-junior ranking badminton tournament here on Tuesday. In the pre-quarters clash, Drithi cruised to a 15-9, 15-8 win over Janhvi Khanna of Gujarat.
Like Drithi in the girls’ section, Karnataka had a lone player progressing from the corresponding boys’ category.
State player Tejas Kallolkar posted a come-from-behind 11-15, 15-4, 15-13 victory against Chandraj Patnaik of Andhra Pradesh to enter last eight.
Results: Boys U-15 (III round): Anshul Agarwal (MP) bt Vedant Kale (Mah) 10-15, 15-10, 15-7; Akhil Bonagiri (AP) bt Ponezhil Vannan R (TN) 15-12, 12-15, 15-11; Sarath D (AP) bt Manav Raj Sumith (Ker) 8-15, 15-12, 15-6; Shantanu Sharma (UP) bt Kavin Thangam (TN) 15-8 15-10; Akash Chandran (AP) bt Nidhish Bhat A (AP) 15-6, 15-12; Manohar Kanala (AP) bt Kunal Sokar (Guj) 15-9, 14-15, 15-10; Arshad Shaik (AP) bt Udith NP (Ker) 15-8, 15-11; Gnana Praneeth Reddy G (AP) bt Santrupth HV (Kar) 15-9, 15-5; Aditya Gupta (AP) bt Uneeth Krishna BV (AP) 11-15, 15-7, 15-9; Mauryan K (TN) bt Yash Kunkalienkar (Goa) 15-9, 15-4; Anirudh Shankar (UP) bt Amaresh S (Ker) 9-15, 15-13, 15-8; Mayur Chowhan (MP) bt Maheeteja Nimmagadda (AP) 15-13, 15-2; Vasanta Rayudu Sarikonda (AP) bt Emmanuel Benny (Ker) 15-9, 15-13; Tejas Kallolkar (Kar) bt Chandraj Patnaik P (AP) 11-15, 15-14, 15-13; Ajinkya Patharkar (Mah) bt Manideep G (AP) 15-11, 14-15, 15-7; Bhavadheer Vivek Ankam (AP) bt Shamanth Rao Kidiyoor (Kar) 15-13, 15-13; Nitin Reddy Nilapu (AP) bt Kush Chugh (Har) 12-15, 15-12, 15-10; Koushik S (TN) bt Devdutt Hangal (Kar) 15-6, 15-11; Govind K (Ker) bt Shubham Rivonker (Goa) 15-11, 15-14 .
Girls U-15 (IV round): Smit Toshniwal (Mah) bt Samiya Farooqul (AP) 10-15, 15-11, 15-13; Sahithi Bandi (AP) bt Vishakha Pawar (Mah) 15-13, 15-11; Leherika Kolla (AP) bt Nishtha Dembla (Har) 15-9, 15-7; Drithi Yatheesh (Kar) bt Janhvi Khanna (Guj) 15-9, 15-8; Aditi Verma (MP) bt Chakra Yuktha Reddy J (AP) 5-15, 15-11, 15-5; Keyura Mopati (AP) bt Supriya Balli (AP) 15-13, 8-15, 15-7; Ramsha Farooqui (Mah) bt Neha Sahakari (Goa) 9-15, 15-7, 15-7; Alka Karayil (Mah) bt Dhanya Prathap (Ker) 15-6, 15-9; Varsha Venkitesh (Ker) bt Lakshmi Srinithi RM (TN) 15-4, 15-14; Khushi Gupta (Del) bt Rutura Joshi (Mah) 15-7, 15-12; Keerthana Ananya Goel (Del) bt Sonali John (Kar) 15-9, 15-3; Varshini VS (TN) bt Bhargavi K (AP) 15-4, 15-10; Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka (AP) bt Abhilasha A (AP) 15-10, 15-10; Sneha Rajwar (Ukd) bt Anisha Wase (MP) 15-8, 11-15, 15-11; Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (AP) bt Anjana Kumari (Goa) 8-15, 15-11, 15-5.