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Saina makes final in two age sections

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CHENNAI: National junior champion Saina Newal of Andhra Pradesh has been making waves in the Krishna Khaitan memorial all India junior badminton tournament.

A pupil of Gopi Chand's academy in Hyderabad Saina did her famed mentor proud by rising to the finals of the under-19 and under-16 categories, both with facile wins.

The gritty girl made light of the fact that she had to go through the qualifying phase to cut through the opposition with an impressive streak — something that must have impressed the Chief national coach Vimal Kumar, who watched the action at the Nehru indoor stadium on Saturday.

There is some cheer for the host with Vijay Anand and Sharath Chandran, the top seed storming into the boys' under-19 doubles final.

The Tamil Nadu pair will play the second seed Jishnu Sanyal and Akshay Diwalkar of Maharashtra.

The results:

Boys: Under-19:

Semifinals: Jishnu Sanyal (Mah) bt Ajay Jayram (Mah) 15-13, 11-15, 15-12; P. Kashyap (AP) bt Amit Khadgi (Mah) 15-11, 15-9. Quarterfinals: Jishnu Sanyal bt V.Amar (Ktk) 15-3, 15-4; Ajay Jayram bt Bhanu Pratap (Rly) 15-13, 15-14; Amit Khadgi bt R. Vijay Anand (TN) 15-11, 7-15, 15-9; P. Kashyap bt Kaushik Pal (Wb) 15-5, 15-6.

Under-16:

Semifinals: Oscar Bansal (Chg) bt B. Bharat (AP) 17-15, 15-6; Arun Ndaluri (AP) bt Abhimanyu Singh (MP) 15-4, 15-3. Quarterfinals: Oscar Bansal bt M.C. Darshan (Ktk) 15-12, 13-15, 17-16; B. Bharat bt Nihar Tilekar Z (Mah) 15-8, 14-17, 15-10; Arun Nadaluri bt M.D. Anup Kiran (Ktk) 15-4, 15-4; Abhimanyu Singh bt Parin Chopra (Mah) 15-13, 6-15, 15-6.

Under-13: Semifinals: B. Sai Praneeth (AP) bt Deepak Bhist (Utr) 15-12, 15-6; Hirak Jyothi Neiog (Asm) bt Bob Sharma (Pnb) 12-15, 15-3, 15-4. Quarterfinals: Sai Praneeth bt Tejas Saha (Guj) 15-6, 15-1; Deepak Bhist bt H.S. Pranoy 12-15, 15-4, 15-3; Hirak Jyothi Neiog bt Debashish Mishra (Mah) 15-5, 15-1; Bob Sharma bt M. Sriram (AP) 15-2, 13-15, 15-8.

Girls: Under-19: Semifinals: Aparna Balan (Ker) bt Ridhi Pajwana (Mah) 11-1, 10-13, 13-11; Saina Newal (AP) bt Anitha Ohlan (Rly) 11-1, 11-4. Quarterfinals: Aparna Balan bt Jui Agaskar (Mah) 11-4, 11-4; Ridhi Pajwana bt J. Sruthi (AP) 11-6, 11-8; Saina Newal bt Vaidehe Dav (Guj) 11-1, 11-4; Anitha Ohlan bt Neha Pandit (Mah) 11-5, 11-9.

Under-16: Semifinals: Saina Newal (Ap) bt Aaswini Ponnappa (Ktk) 11-0, 11-3; Arundati Pajwane (Mah) bt Parsa Naqvi (UP) 11-6, 11-9. Quarterfinals: Aswini Ponnappa bt Mudra Dhainje (Mah) 13-11, 8-11, 11-9; Saina Newal bt Nithya Sosale (Ktk) 11-3, 11-4; Arundati Patwane bt Vaishali Baria (Guj) 11-1, 11-7; Parsa Naqvi bt Ramya Teja 11-7, 8-11, 11-3.

Under-13: Semifinals: Tannya Ravi (Ktk) bt Saile Rane (Mah) 11-4, 11-1; Sikki Reddy (AP) bt Vaibavi Sabnis (Mah) 11-2, 11-5. Quarterfinals: Saile Rane bt Anumolu Priyanka (AP) 1-11, 11-2, 11-5; Tannya Ravi bt P. Lavanya (AP) 4-11, 11-5, 11-5; Sikki Reddy bt Jyot Kaur Rekha (Mah) 11-2 11-6; Vaibavi Sabnis bt Daya Elsa Jacob 11-3, 13-10, 11-4.

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