Top shuttlers advance to quarterfinals

LUCKNOW: Top shuttlers like Abhiyansh Singh, Amolika Singh, Samridhi Singh, Shruti Mishra, Shivangi and Tanisha Singh continued to enjoy their winning streak even on the second day of the three-day Senior State Championship here on Friday. Abhiyansh Singh beat Arunashu Patra 21-18, 21-15 to make it to the men’s singles quarterfinals. He also made it to the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles. While pairing with Shruti Mishra, Abhiyansh had a walk over as rivals didn’t turn up. In other mixed doubles match, Samridhi Singh and Kapil Chaudhary beat Anubhav Saxena and Radha Thakur 21-12, 21-11.

In women’s singles, Amolika Singh brushed aside Manyata Mehta 21-6, 21-9 to make it to the last eight. While pairing with Tapaswani Samant Rai, Amolika defeated the duo of Anjali and Naina Kaushik 21-6, 21-3 in women’s doubles.

DISTRICT TENNIS

Arjun Sharma and Vikesh Chaurasiya stormed into the boys under-12 final of the 1st Decathlon District Tennis Championship, notching up convincing wins here on Friday. Arjun defeated Riyan Aziz Khan 4-0, whereas Vikesh beat Karman Kohli 4-1.

RESULTS Boys u-14 (quarterfinals):

Daksh Kumar Singh bt Vikesh Chaurasiya 6-1, Virat Verma bt Aniket Srivastava 6-4, Arjun Sharma bt Saifull Haq 6-1, Lakshya Tikoo bt Ritvik Patnaik 6-1. Boys u-12 (semi-finals): Arjun Sharma bt Riyan Aziz Khan 4-0, Vikesh Chaurasiya bt Karman Kohli 4-1. Girls

u-14 (semi-finals): Yati Besain bt Aditi Mittal 6-4, Satakshi Tiwari bt Vaishnavi Singh 6-0. Girls u-12 (quarterfinals): Satashi Tiwari bt Anandhita Tewari 4-0, Shakti Mishra bt Himmika 4-0, Tanya Dhariyal bt Diya 4-1.

JUDO TEAM

UP Judo Association on Friday announced its team for the SubJunior National Championships, starting Saturday at Warangal in Telangana. The team include, Shreya Nigam, Harsh Kashyap, Iram Khan, Rajendra Singh, Shalini Saini, Sparsh Singh, Komal, Nitin Kumar, Akansha Singh, Vishal Yadav, Sneha, Alok Yadav, Shivani Gond, Abhinav Sharma, Anjali Gangoliya, Ujjawal Chaudhary, Bharti Thakur, Deepak, Pooja Yadav, Himanshu Yadav, Anjali Goyal, Aditya Azmira and Manisha Bhardwaj.

FINE SHOW

Hosts SAI Lucknow weightlifter Brijesh Singh hogged the limelight, winning two gold medals on the second day of the Sports Authority of India’s All-India Weightlifting Championship here on Friday. Brijesh had gold medals in 77 kg category in both youth and boys categories.

SELECTION TRIALS

Trials to pick Lucknow under-14 boys for the state trials would be conducted by the Cricket Association Lucknow on October 3, at the Northern Railway stadium here.