JOIN USNithin H V posted a hard-fought win over top seed Raghu Mariswamy to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the 11th M S Ramaiah-Anandashram State-ranking badminton tournament at the Canara Union here on Friday.
Nithin won the round of 32 encounter 23-21, 15-21, 24-22.
Second seed Daniel Farid progressed with a 21-6, 21-6 win over Avinash S.
Results: Men’s singles: (round of 32): Nithin H V (I Sports) bt Raghu Mariswamy (WPBA) 23-21, 15-21, 24-22; Suraj R N (SAI) bt Siddlingesh Tenginakai (Athreya Sports Academy) 21-17, 21-15; Shamanth Rao Kidiyoor bt Akhilesh Moktali (Hubli) 21-17, 18-21, 21-12; Ashith Surya (BELUR) bt Tejaswi Sagar 21-17, 21-15; Nikhil Shyam Sriram (PPBA) bt Loksainath K 21-16, 21-4; Saketh Upadhya (I-Sports) bt Manjesh C S 21-16, 21-10; Varun P H (Ujjire) w/o Abilash B (WPBA); Vinayaka P V (Ace Badminton World) bt Aniruddha L Pai (Baddyzone) 21-13, 21-17; Sudeep Suresh bt Venusai Chodisetti 21-9, 21-2; Jayanth G (SAI) bt Priyanshu Agarwal (SAI) 13-21, 21-11, 21-19; Anirudh Deshpande (DYES) bt Rahul Vicky, (Baddyzone) 21-12, 21-12; Bhargav S (WPBA) w/o Ganesh Vittalji (I-Sports); Saif Ali (I-Sports) bt Nagendra T (AGS) 21-8, 21-9; Rameswar Mahapatra (RBA Mysore) bt Ashok S (Accolades) 21-9, 21-9; Mohit Gowda P bt Sreenivas C (CDBA) 18-21, 21-17, 21-10; Daniel Farid S (WPBA) bt Avinash S 21-6, 21-6.
Women (round of 32): Dharini Ravikumar R (Accolades) bt Sneha Sarwad 21-15, 14-21, 21-13; Srilekha Despande (Baddyzone) bt Nidhishree Devadas (Belgaum) 21-8, 21-17; Aanchal Dhawan (Toms Academy) bt Meghana Amin (BDBA) 21-9, 21-10; Chaitanya Bhat P (Blue Star) bt Navya Karalingannavar A (Toms) 21-17, 21-15; Parvathi S Krishnan (I-Sports) bt Asha Chand Nadaf (MMBA) 21-13, 21-5; Deethya (DYES) w/o Roshni Venkat (I-Sports);
Gajula Lakshmi (Enliven Academy) bt Namrata Patil (Belgaum) 21-7, 21-5.