Laxman battles past Sriram into U-15 final

BANGALORE: White Peacock Badminton Academy trainee Nikhit Laxman battled past ECA's Nikhilshyam Sriram in the boys' U-15 semifinal of the 18th W Suresh Kumar memorial AISS Global 3-star state-ranking badminton tournament in Bangalore on Monday. Top seed Nikhit prevailed 25-23, 21-10 to set up a title clash with second seed Akshay Srinivas who defeated Abhi Amudan 21-13, 21-19.
Results:
Boys: U-15: Singles: Semifinals: Nikhit Laxman bt Nikhilshyam Sriram 25-23, 21-10; Akshay Srinivas S bt Abhi Amudan 21-13, 21-19.Quarterfinals: Nikhit Laxman bt Sai Pratheek K 21-15, 21-13; Nikhilshyam Sriram bt Amogh Gupta R 21-18, 21-11; Abhi Amudan bt Gaurav MS 21-13, 21-19; Akshay Srinivas S bt Saif Ali 21-10, 12-21, 21-10.
Doubles: Final: Nikhilshyam Sriram/ Rohan Kamath bt Abhiram K/ Kiran B 21-12, 18-21, 21-18.
U13: Singles: Semifinals: Kartik Vyakaranam bt Chinmaya Venkatesh 12-21, 21-12, 24-22; Tejas Sanjay Kallolkar bt Saket CS 22-20, 21-12. Quarterfinals: Kartik Vyakaranam bt Sujith BS 21-11, 21-18; Chinmaya Venkatesh bt Ajinkya Joshi 19-21, 21-18, 30-29; Saket CS bt Mohit P Gowda 21-11, 21-19; Tejas Sanjay Kallolkar bt Shivdeep Jayanth 21-8, 21-14.
Doubles: Final: Kartik Vyakaranam/ Saket CS bt Ajinkya Joshi/ Tejas Sanjay Kallolkar 22-24, 21-14, 21-16.
Girls: U-15: Singles: Semifinals: Apeksha Nayak bt Drithi Yatheesh 17-21, 21-11, 21-12; Archana Pai bt Mithula UK 21-17, 21-16. Quarterfinals: Apeksha Nayak bt Sheetal Sudarshan 11-3 retd.; Drithi Yatheesh bt Reenu Tirumal 21-13, 13-21, 21-16; Mithula UK bt Sarayu Vyakaranam 17-21, 21-12, 21-9; Archana Pai bt Shivani A Pathi 18-21, 21-11, 21-10.
Doubles: Final: Apeksha Nayak/ Drithi Yatheesh bt Archana Pai/ Reenu Tirumal 21-18, 21-15.
U-13: Singles: Semifinals: Shivani A Pathi bt Richa Muktibodh 16-21, 26-24, 21-16; Drithi Yatheesh bt Sheethal D 21-10, 21-6. Quarterfinals: Shivani A Pathi bt Prarthana Vasudevan 21-16, 21-14; Richa Muktibodh bt Trisha Hegde 21-18, 21-13; Sheethal D bt Keerthana Shroff P 21-12, 21-17; Drithi Yatheesh bt Deetya Jagadish 21-8, 21-7.
Doubles: Final: Prarthana Vasudevan/ Shivani A Pathi bt Sheethal D/ Trisha Hegde 21-17, 22-20.