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Aditya Prakash clinches title

Special Correspondent

MANDYA: Aditya R. Prakash capped his fine run with a title triumph in the boys' U-16 singles event in the State badminton championship at the PET Indoor Stadium here on Tuesday.

Exhibiting a fine sense of timing and stroking fluently on both flanks, the top seed put it across second seed Prakash Jolly 21-15, 21-14 in the final.

Meanwhile, Vinay Hari claimed a fine double in the U-13 section. The top seed stopped Sashank Menon 21-15, 23-21 in the singles final.

In the doubles final, Hari, partnering Channabasava Jyothi, defeated Himanshu Kotbagi and Rajas Jawalkar 21-12, 21-16.

The U-16 girls' singles final threw up a surprise as Ankita Ashok defeated top seed Shruthi Sridfhar 21-18, 21-10 to clinch the title.

Quarterfinalists were spotted in the senior and U-19 events with all the fancied players registering convincing wins.

The results:

Men: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Rohan Castelino bt Darshan Kulkarni 21-10, 21-6; Aditya R. Prakash bt Jagadish Yadav 21-12, 21-8; B.S. Phalgun bt D.G. Uruprasad 21-8, 21-6; Shashank Alhar bt Anil Pradhan 21-12, 21-13; P.K. Vinaydev bt Shashank Sastry 21-17, 21-12; V. Amar bt Rishiket Yeugar 21-5, 21-6; M.D. Anupkiran bt Adipnayak 16-21, 21-17, 21-17; Mohit Kamat bt Dhruv Kumar 21-19, 21-8. U-19: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): M.D. Anup Kiran bt K.B. Arun 21-14, 21-15; Yenkatesh Prasad bt Dhruv Shanbag 21-15, 16-21, 21-8; Shashank Achar bt Harshil Shah 21-13, 21-12; G. Mohan Kumar bt Rishiket 21-17, 21-14; Aditya R. Prakash bt T.R. Jeevan 21-11, 21-11; G. Swaroop bt S. Adarsh Kumar 21-19, 17-21, 21-18; Prateek Khurana bt Sunil Varma 21-10, 21-18; B.S. Phalgun bt Darshan Veanekar 21-13, 21-7. U-16: Singles (final): Aditya R. Prakash bt Prakash Jolly 21-15, 21-14. Doubles (final): Pratap Menon & Prakash Jolly bt Anirudh Shenoy & K.R. Shankar 22-20, 22-20. U-13: Singles (final): Vinay Hari bt Shashank Menon 21-15, 23-21. Doubles (final): Vinay Hari & Channabasava R. Jyothi bt Himanshu Kotbagi & Raja Jawalkar 21-12, 21-16.

Women: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Nitya Sosale bt Yashica 21-23, 21-12, 21-18; Ashwini Ponnappa bt Sneha Rao 21-14, 21-12; G.M. Nischitha bt Pratiksha Bhat 21-2, 21-5. U-19: Singles (quarterfinals): V. Ruth Misha bt Pratiksha Bhat 21-3, 21-2; Ashwini Ponnappa bt Jacqueline Kunnath 21-13, 21-11; Sayali Malgave bt Varsha Srinivas 21-7, 21-15; G.M. Nischitha bt Nitya Sosale 21-10, 21-12. U-16: Singles (final): Ankita Ashok bt Shruthi Sridhar 21-18, 21-10.