Ajay Satish in final
KOLLAM:
Top seed Ajay Satish Kumar Nair (Thiruvananthapuram) breezed into men’s singles nal of the State senior-ranking badminton tournament on Monday. In the seminals, Ajay made short work of unseeded Thejas Shivkumar
(Kannur) 21-13, 21-14. Ernakulam’s top seed Andrea Sarah Kurien packed o¡ unseeded Pavithra Naveen (Ernakulam) 21-12, 21-14 to move into the women’s nal where she will meet Aadhya Shine (Thrissur), who beat Gauri Anand (Alappuzha) 21-17, 21-8 in
Ajay Satish Kumar Nair (Tvm) bt Thejas Shivkumar (Knr) 21-13, 21-14; Quarterfinals: P. Pranav (Klm) bt Athul John Mathew (Pkd) 21-15, 21-18; Arjun Shine (Tvm) bt Aman Suresh (Tvm) 24-22, 21-17.
Doubles, quarterfinals: Adhin K. Ajay & Kamal Krishnan (Ekm) bt Bharath Krishna (Pkd) & Sayan V. Dinu (Koz) 19-21, 21-18, 21-7; Joseph Dilraj (Tsr) & Uday
Prakash (Koz) bt Amal Jacob Mathew & Athul John Mathew (Pkd) 21-13, 18-21, 21-14; C.H. Chandrajith (Knr) & Robens V. Roney (Alp) bt Arryan Aji & Syam Prasad (Tvm) 21-17, 21-15; Edwin Joy (Koz) & Rohit Jayakumar (Ekm) bt Aebel Joseph (Ekm) & Madhav Padmakumar (Tsr) 21-14, 21-16.
Boys, u-19 second round: Varghese J. Koduppanapolackal (Ekm) bt Vinay Murali (Ekm) 21-9, 21-4; Arjun Shine (Tvm) bt P.B. Shekar (Ekm) 21-13, 21-11; Thejas Ram (Pkd) bt Sivadh Sreejith
(Knr) 21-12, 21-12; Gautham Krishna (Pkd) bt Mohammed Ryan Ismail (Mlp) 21-12, 21-9.
Women, semifinals: Andrea Sarah Kurien (Ekm) bt Pavithra Naveen (Ekm) 21-12, 21-14; Aadhya Shine (Tsr) bt Gauri
Anand (Alp) 21-18, 21-8.
Doubles, quarterfinals: Manjari Roy & Nanda Ghosh (Tvm) bt K.S.
Anjana & Meera S. Nair (Tsr) 21-11, 21-17; Archana Varghese & Divya R. Balasubramanian (Ekm) bt Gauri Anand (Alp) & Lakshmi Suchith (Ekm) 21-10, 21-19; Nayana S. Oasis (Koz) & Pavithra Naveen (Ekm) bt Avanthika Rajesh (Knr) & S. Sanjana (Ekm) 21-10, 21-15; Diya Arun (Ekm) & C.H. Keerthika (Knr) bt Riya Tom & Sreeya K. Menon (Ktm) 21-13, 21-4.