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Guru Sai Dutt triumphs

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Winners of the tournament with their trophies. — Photo: S.S. Kumar

Chennai: Andhra Pradesh's Guru Sai Dutt and Maharashtra's Arundhati Pantawane were crowned the boys' and girls' under-19 singles champions respectively in the Smt. Krishna Khaitan memorial all-India junior badminton tournament here on Thursday.

Top seed Arundhati was involved in a keen tussle in the final against Sikki Reddy of Andhra Pradesh, which she won 21-17, 21-11.

Guru Sai Dutt played well against a patchy Sumeeth Reddy before wining 21-15, 21-14.

Earlier, in the semifinals, Guru took out the top seed Arun Nandaluri (Air India) 21-18, 18-21, 21-6.

The results: Finals:

Singles: Boys: Under-19: Guru Sai Dutt (AP) bt B. Sumeeth Reddy (AP) 21-15, 21-14. Under-16: B. Sai Praneeth (AP) bt Hirak Jyoti Neog (ASM) 21-17, 21-10. Under-13: Rohit Yadav (AP) bt Arun George (Ker) 21-12, 21-10. Under-10: Lal Talar (ANP) bt Mithun Manjunath (Kar) 21-8, 21-8.

Girls: Under-19: Arundhati Pantawane (Mah) bt Sikki Reddy. N (AP) 21-17, 21-1. Under-16: Sikki Reddy (AP) bt Prajakta Sawant (Mah) 21-11, 8-21, 21-7. Under-13: P.V. Sindhu (AP) bt Manisha (AP) 21-15, 18-21, 21-16. Under-10: Shreyansi Pardesi (MP) bt Elduruti Harika (AP) 21-18, 21-13.

Doubles: Boys: Under-19: Guru Sai Dutt (AP) & K. Tarun (AP) bt Arun Nandaluri (AI) & Anil Kumar Raju (AP) 21-9, 24-22. Under-16: Pranav Chopra (PNB) & Rajkumar (PNB) bt Naresh (AP) & Anurag Thakkar (MP) 16-21, 21-14, 21-9. Under-13: Arun George (Ker) & Rohit Yadav (AP) bt Santosh Ravuri (AP) & Aditya Joshi (MP) 21-9, 21-16.

Girls: Under-19: Sikki Reddy (AP) & P.C. Thulasi (Ker) bt Parsa Naqvi (UP) & Pallavi Aggarwal (Har) 21-6, 21-4. Under-16: Sikki Reddy (AP) & P. Lavanya (AP) bt Daya Elsa Jacob (Ker) & Prajakta Sawant (Mah) 21-13, 21-15. Under-13: P.V. Sindhu (AP) & Manisha (AP) bt Polta Navya (AP) & Jamuna Rani (AP) 21-16, 21-19.

Mixed doubles: Final: Arundhati Pantawane (Mah) & K. Tarun (AP) bt V. Ruthmisha (Kar) & Ram.C. Vijay (Ker) 17-21, 21-10, 21-16.

Semifinals: Boys under-19: Guru bt Arun Nandaluri (AI) 21-18, 18-21, 21-6; Sumeeth bt Aditya Elango (AI) 7-21, 21-15, 21-12.

Girls under-19: Arundhati bt J. Shruthi (AP) 21-7, 18-21, 21-14; Sikki bt Parsa Naqvi (UP) 14-21, 21-14, 21-8.

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