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Mixed luck for Guru Sai Dutt

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KHAMMAM: Junior State champion Guru Sai Dutt (RR) defeated top seed K. Tanishak (Hyd) 24-22, 21-15 in the men's pre-quarterfinal singles in the AP senior badminton championship here on Tuesday. But Guru lost 27-25, 24-22 to eight seed K. Srujan.

In the women's singles, Hyderabad shuttlers Sarada Govardhini, J. Shruthi, Krishna's P. Srilakshmi and A. L. Ashwini Choudary reached the semifinals

Andhra Pradesh Badminton Association (APBA) annual general body meeting will be held at Sequel Resort on Wednesday in which National coach Pullala Gopi Chand would take part.

The results: Men: Singles (quarterfinals): N. Srujan (Ctr) bt Guru Sai Dutt (RR) 27-25, 24-22; J.B.S. Vidhyadhar (APBA) bt T. Krishna (Knl) 21-10, 21-3. Pre-quarterfinals): Guru Sai Dutt (RR) bt K. Tanishak (Hyd) 24-22, 21-15; K. Srujan (Ctr) bt P. Sarat Chandra (Kna) 21-7, 21-18; J.B.S. Vidhyasagar (APBA) bt K. Anil Kumar (Ctr) 21-12, 21-6; T. Krishna (Knl) bt M. Anil Kumar (Wgl) 21-17, 24-22; K. Tarun (RR) bt N.N. Vinayak (Hyd) 13-21, 21-19, 21-11; Ch. Sashidhar (Hyd) bt N. Arun (Ctr) 21-19, 21-13; P. Kashyap (APBA) bt Vinay Kumar Reddy (APBA) 21-7, 21-11; S.D.S. Krishna (WG) bt Suresh (Pkm) 21-15, 21-12.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): K. Tanishak/ N.N. Vinayak bt Naveen/ Anil 21-18, 21-20; N. Srujan/ N. Arun w/o D.S.N. Raju/ Murali Vardhan; P. Sarat Chandra/ Lokesh bt P. Sukesh & Arjun Reddy (Hyd) 21-9, 21-6; K.P. Naik/ Sanyasi Raju bt P. Agarwal/ Siyaduttallah 21-18, 21-18; Anil Kumar/ Murali bt Naveen Kumar/ Pradeesh 21-17, 21-10; J.B.S. Vidhyadhar/ Manoj Kumar bt Appa Rao/ Aravind 21-15, 21-10; Uday Bhaskar/ Ramesh Naidu bt P. Vinay/ Vijay Kumar 21-12, 21-10; Gurusai Dutt/ K. Tarun bt Kishore Kumar/ Nagaraju 19-21, 21-19, 21-13.

Women: Singles (quarterfinals): J. Sarada Govardhini (Hyd) bt P. Jyostna (Kna) 21-15, 10-21, 21-16; A. L. Ashwini Choudary (Kna) bt N. Sikki Reddy (Hyd) 9-21, 21-19, 21-18; J. Shurthi (Hyd) bt V. Jyothi Swaroopa (Kna) 21-13, 21-11; P. Srilakshmi (Kna) bt Deepti Shalini (Khm) 21-16, 15-21, 21-7. Pre-quarterfinals: J. Sarada Govardhini (Hyd) bt Sanalia (Khm) 21-10, 1-4; P. Jyotsna (Kna) bt Radhika Reddy (Vsp) 21-13, 21-7; A. L. Aswini Choudary (Kna) Ch Jyostna (EG) 21-14, 21-10; Sikki Reddy (Hyd) bt N. Suswetha (APBA) 22-20, 21-10; Jyothi Swaroopa (Kna) bt Y. Sowmya (APBA) 21-17, 21-8; J. Shruthi (Hyd) bt Deepti Priyadarshini (Khm) 21-19, 21-9; Deepti Shalini (Khm) bt Vanaja (Gut) 21-3, 21-7; Srilakshmi (Kna) bt T. Deepika (Gnt) 21-13, 21-8.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Aswini/ P. Jyostna bt Sikki Reddy/ Swetha 21-17, 21-13; Radhika Reddy/ Deepti Shalini bt I. Sravani/ Sravanthi 21-15, 21-8; Sarada Govardhini/ Ch. Deepthi bt V. Jyothi Swaroopa/ Suswetha 21-9, 21-17; Deepthi/ Sowmya bt Sheetal/ S. Deepthi 21-11, 21-8.

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