Saket, Chinmaya enter final of Ramesh Padukone-Mehul Sirur memorial inter-school badminton

BENGALURU: Saket CS beat Shivadeep Jayanth 21-8, 21-18 to set up a boys U-14 final against Chinmaya Venkatesh in the 12th Ramesh Padukone-Mehul Sirur memorial inter-school badminton tournament at the Canara Union on Thursday. Saket then put himself in contention for a double, reaching the doubles title round with partner Akshay M.
Meanwhile, Tushar Suveer turned on the style, reaching the singles finals in the U-10 and U-12 category.Among the girls, Trisha Hegde defeated Sahana R 21-14, 21-12 to reach the U-16 final. She then advanced to the title decider with partner Keerthana P Shroff. Ananya Praveen too set her sights on two titles, entering the singles and doubles finals in the U-14 category. It was a feat matched by Shraddha Hegde in the U-12s.
Results (all semifinals): Boys: U-16: Singles: Saketh Upadhya (Vidya Nikethan) bt Anirudh Rajeev (NCE) 21-19, 21-18; Chinmaya Venkatesh (Sri Kumaran) bt Saket CS (NPS) 21-12, 24-26, 21-12. Doubles: Sai Pradeek/ Shashank (ITI) bt Abhishek KA/ Zeeshan Ulhaque (DPS) 21-7, 21-16; Anil A/ Anirudh R (NCE) bt Avinash S/ Rishabh R (Sri Kumaran) 21-16, 23-21.
U-14: Singles: Saket CS (NPS) bt Shivadeep Jayanth (Brigade School) 21-8, 21-18; Chinmaya Venkatesh (Sri Kumaran) bt Vishesh Sharma (DPS) 21-11, 21-11. Doubles: Akshay M/ Saket CS (NPS) bt Raghav M/ Vishesh Sharma (DPS) 21-13, 21-12; Ankith N/ Pawan R Kumar (Sri Aurobindo) bt Abhishek KA/ Zeeshan Ulhaque (DPS) 20-22, 21-13, 21-13.
U-12: Singles: Tushar Suveer (Narayana E Techno) bt Sujal Shekar (Gandhi Centenery) 18-21 21-14 21-14; Santrupth HV (Poorna Prajna) bt Sumukh GS (Jnanodaya) 21-15, 19-21, 21-17. Doubles: Aditya Diwakar/ Siraj F Senthil (New Horizon) bt Eshaan Ballal/ Surya Praveen (DPS) 21-12, 21-6; Rishab/ Satvik Shankar (Navkis) bt Amogh Singh/ Siddarth (Vidya Shilp) 21-7, 21-12.
U-10: Singles: Tushar Suveer (Narayana E Techno) bt Satvik Shankar (Navkis) 21-13, 21-12; Pranav B (Carmel High) bt Nicholas Nathan (New Mellinnium) 21-17, 21-17. Doubles: Nishanth Acharya/ Sharad Srinivas (Sri Kumaran) bt Arjun/ Narayanan (Vidya Shilp) 21-8, 21-5; Mayukh DB/ Pranav Mohan (National Hill View) bt Anirudh/ Aron (Vidya Shilp) 21-19, 21-19.
Girls: U-16: Singles: Trisha Hegde (Sishu Griha) bt Sahana R (Sindhi School) 21-14, 21-12; Sheetal D (DPS) bt Medha Shashidharan (Primus) 2-1 retd. Doubles: Keerthana P Shroff/ Trisha Hegde (Sishu Griha) bt Abha Sarang Gadgil/ Risha R Shetty (Royale Concorde) 21-11, 21-7; Aanchal Dhawan/ Tanya Hemanth (NPS) bt Sahana R/ Sneha Pai (Sindhi School) 21-8, 21-12.
U-14: Singles: Ananya Praveen (Sri Kumaran) bt Keerthana P Shroff (Sishu Griha) 21-14, 16-21, 21-15; Vijetha Harish (DPS) bt Medha Shashidharan (Primus) 21-17, 3-21, 21-19. Doubles: Ananya Praveen/ Nivedha Sriram (Sri Kumaran) bt Karnika Sree S/ Kruthika Devi S (Bishop Cotton) 21-10, 21-16; Advika Ganesh/ Anushka Ganesh (Vibgyor) bt Janavi S/ Kushi Athreya (Sri Kumaran) 21-13, 21-12.
U-12: Singles: Shraddha Hegde (Sindhi School) bt Karnika Sree S (Bishop Cotton) 21-13, 21-11; Vijetha Harish (DPS) bt Arya Hariharan (Gopalan International) 21-9, 21-9. Doubles: Aditi Mukund/ Shraddha Hegde (Sindhi School) bt Mahi Srivatsava/ Prasiddhi (Sri Vani) 21-4, 21-3; Niyati Arun/ Sohini Kayal (NPS) bt Anjali/ Anvitha (Vidya Shilp) 21-15, 21-14.
U-10: Singles: Karnika Sree S (Bishop Cotton) bt Shriya K (Sri Aurobindo) 21-13, 21-12; Mounitha AS (New Baldwin) bt Meghashree (Jnanodaya) 21-13, 20-22, 21-19.