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Aneesh surprises Krishna

By Our Sports Reporter

KOCHI, JULY 17. Kerala champion K.A. Aneesh, the surprise pack in many majors, jolted top-seeded S.D.S. Krishna (AP) 15-8, 15-6 to march into the men's singles final of the Servo fourth RSC South Indian Open badminton tournament at the Rajiv Gandhi indoor stadium here on Saturday evening.

"The season has just started. Probably, he is yet to shake off the rust," said the India No. 32 modestly after his comfortable victory over the country's No. 9.

The fourth-seeded Aneesh, a Tax Assistant with the Central Excise here who is more into coaching these days, will meet Thomas Kurien (PSPB) in Sunday's final.

The day was packed with upsets with the top seeds in three boys sections — Arjun Prasad (under-19), Ram C. Vijay (under-16) and Prakash Jolly (under-13) — crashing out in the semifinals.

Andhra Pradesh's K. Sriteja (boys) and Leelalakshmi (girls) posted contrasting wins in the two under-10 finals.

The results:

Men's singles: Semifinals: K.A. Aneesh (RSC) bt S.D.S. Krishna (AP) 15-8, 15-6; Thomas Kurien (PSPB) bt Rohan Castelino (Kar) 15-8, 15-7. Quarterfinals: Krishna bt Venkitesh (TN) 15-8, 15-9; Aneesh bt Vinay Dev (Kar) 15-5, 15-0; Castelino bt Savan Navaz (RSC) 15-2, 15-10; Kurien bt C.M. Junith (RSC) 15-1, 15-2.

Men's doubles semifinals: Sanave Thomas & V. Diju bt Jaison Xavier & Thomas Kurian 15-9, 15-12; Markose Bristow & Jaseel Ismail (PSPB) w/o. K.A. Aneesh (C.Excise) & George Thomas (BPCL).

Boys under-19: Singles semifinals: Alwin Francis (Tsr) bt Arjun Prasad (Kzd) 3-15, 15-11, 15-8; Sankar P. Gopan (RSC) bt Sarath Chandran (TN) 15-10, 15-11. Doubles semifinals: Arun Vishnu & Nidhin bt Sankar & Arjun 15-10, 5-15, 15-11; Alwin Francis & Hershen (Tsr) bt Sharat & Niranjan (TN) 15-4, 3-15, 15-6.

Boys under-16: Singles semifinals: Dileep T. Jacob (RSC) bt Ram C. Vijay (Kzd) 15-10, 7-15, 15-12; Arun Vishnu (Kzd) bt P.H. Sooraj (Tsr) 15-4, 15-4. Doubles semifinals: Arun & Ram C. Vijay (Kzd) bt Manikantan & Rahul (RSC) 15-0, 15-10; Dileep & Neeraj (RSC) bt Vinod & Sooraj (RSC) 6-15, 15-9, 15-9.

Boys under-13 singles: Semifinals: H.S. Prannoy (Tvm) bt Prakash Jolly (Kar) 15-6, 15-6; Ashok (TN) bt Muralikrishnan (Tvm) 15-8, 15-10. Quarterfinals: Jolly bt A. Naresh (AP) 15-12, 15-5; Prannoy bt Pradeep Kumar (AP) 15-7, 15-13; Muralikrishnan bt Midhun Haridas (Tsr) 15-2, 15-12; Ashok bt Khaja Jaleel Ahmed (AP) 15-4, 15-3.

Boys under-10 singles: Final: K. Sriteja (AP) bt Khaja Ahmed (AP) 6-15, 15-5, 17-14. Semifinals: Khaja Ahmed bt E.P. Achuth (Kzd) 15-5, 15-3; Sriteja bt Arun George (RSC) 15-9, 15-5.

Masters: Singles: Semifinals: George Thomas (RSC) w/o Rajesh Kukreja (TN). Doubles semifinals: George Thomas & Suresh (RSC) bt Pavan & Feroz Shah 15-13, 15-6; John of Matha & Bose Ninan (RSC) bt Bosco & Pradeep (Ekm) 15-10, 15-11.

Veteran men's singles: Semifinals: Philip Bensy (CPT) bt M.R. Johnson (RSC) 15-4, 15-3; K.J. Roy (TSA) bt Roy Kuriakose (RSC) 15-9, 15-6.

Women's singles: Semifinals: Trupthi Murgunde (PSPB) bt Miral George (Tsr) 11-1, 11-2; Fathima Nazneen Mohammed (Tvm) bt Merit George (Tsr) 11-3, 11-3. Quarterfinals: Trupthi bt R. Sreeju (Klm) 11-3, 11-1; Miral bt Archana Moses (RSC) 11-5, 11-3; Merit bt Anees Kowsar (TN) 11-7, 11-8; Fathima bt Nima Lakshmi (Tsr) 11-0, 11-4.

Women's doubles semifinals: Fathima Mohammed & Trupthi Murgunde bt Archana Moses & R. Sreeju 15-0, 15-7; Merit George & Miral George bt M. Sruthi & Nima Lakshmi 17-15, 15-6.

Girls' under-19 girls: Semifinals: M. Sruthi (Kzd) bt Archana Moses (RSC) 11-2, 11-3; Miral George (Tsr) bt Aswathy Mary Mathew (TN) 11-6, 11-6.

Girls under-16 semifinals: M. Sruthi (Kzd) bt A.Priya (TN) 11-3, 11-8; Aswathy Mary Mathew (TN) bt P.C. Thulasi (Tsr) 11-3, 11-1.

Girls' under-13 singles semifinals: P.C. Thulasi (Tsr) bt K. Anoosha (Kzd) 11-2, 11-1; Daya Elsa Jacob (RSC) bt Tanya Ravi (Kar) 11-1, 11-2.

Girls' under-10 singles: Final: Leelalakshmi (AP) bt R. Jamuna Rani (AP) 11-8, 11-6. Semifinals: Leelalakshmi bt K. Anoosha (Kzd) 11-7, 11-4; Jamuna Ravi bt Neha Narendran (Tvm) 11-4, 11-7.

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