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Shreyanshi bags title

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Shreyanshi Pardeshi. — Photo: Vipin Chandran

KOCHI: Brushing away the cobwebs of mid-match doubt and confusion, Madhya Pradesh's Shreyanshi Pardesi outwitted Veldruti Harika of Andhra Pradesh and won the under-10 girls' title in the seventh Indian Oil Servo all-India junior ranking badminton tournament at the Rajiv Gandhi indoor stadium here on Tuesday.

The nine-year-old Shreyanshi, a fourth standard student of Indore's Humpty Dumpty School, was down 7-11 in the decider when she suddenly changed tactics. Mixing her rallies, she pushed her taller opponent to the backcourt with high lobs and then suddenly pulled her in with a naughty drop.

Clearly uncomfortable, Veldruti gave in.

Meanwhile, local lad Arun George, son of former international George Thomas and a fierce fighter like his dad, bounced back brilliantly after losing the first set and defeated Santhosh Rauri in the under-13 semifinal that twice spilled into extra points.

The results:

Boys, under-19 singles semifinals: Saurabh Verma (MP) bt Oscar Bansal (Chg) 21-13, 21-18; R.M.V. Gurusai Dutt (AP) bt Aditya Elango (AI) 21-6, 21-9.

Quarterfinals: Saurabh bt Tarun Kona (AP) 21-11, 21-17; Oscar bt Pratik Patel (Guj) 21-16, 21-10; Gurusai bt Abhimanyu Singh (MP) 15-21, 21-11, 21-15; Aditya Elango bt Aditya R. Prakash (Kar) 23-21, 21-18.

Under-16 singles quarterfinals: Sai Praneeth bt Akshit Mahajan (Har) 21-11, 21-17; H.S. Prannoy bt N.V.S. Vijeta (AP) 18-21, 21-8, 21-7; Rajkumar (Pun) bt Nikhilesh Sharma (UP) 18-21, 21-15, 21-7; Hiraq Jyoti Neog (Asm) bt Sameer Verma (MP) 21-15, 21-19.

Under-13 singles semifinals: Rohit Yadav (AP) bt Shyam Prasad (Ker) 21-13, 21-12; Arun George (Ker) bt Santhosh Rauri (AP) 18-21, 23-21, 22-20.

Quarterfinals: Rohit bt B. Sriram (AP) 21-14, 21-15; Shyam bt Sirish (AP) 21-2, 18-21, 21-14; Arun bt Arshalan Naqvi (UP) 21-14, 21-14; Santhosh bt Harshil Dani (Mah) 21-13, 21-16.

Under-10 singles semifinals: Laa Talar (ANP) bt Mohd Ehsas (Asm) 21-15, 21-5; C. Rahul (AP) bt Mithun Manjunath (Kar) 21-8, 21-17. Doubles final: C. Rahul & Chandra Kumar (AP) bt M. Kanishk & Siril Varma (AP) 21-15, 21-9.

Girls, under-19 singles semifinals: Arundati Pantawane (Mah) bt Mudra Dainje (Mah) 20-22, 21-11, 21-14; P.C. Thulasi (Ker) bt Trupti Lavanya (AP) 18-21, 21-14, 21-10.

Quarterfinals: Arundati bt Parsa Naqvi (UP) 21-16, 21-15; Mudra bt Sikki Reddy (AP) 21-17, 21-18; Trupti bt Manisha Vinayak (Kar) 21-19, 21-14; Thulasi bt J. Shruthi (AP) 21-9, 21-11.

Under-16 singles semifinals: Sikki Reddy (AP) bt Sayali Rane (Mah) 24-22, 21-13; Prajakta Sawant (Mah) bt Sanyogita Ghorpade (Mah) 22-20, 12-21, 21-11.

Quarterfinals: Sikki bt Tanvi Lad (Mah) 21-18, 21-19; Sayali bt Jacqueline Kunnath (Kar) 21-11, 13-21, 21-11; Sanyogita bt Daya Elsa Jacob (Ker) 21-1, 21-14; Prajakta bt Leela Lakshmi (AP) 21-16, 21-15.

Under-13 singles semifinals: P.V. Sindhu (AP) bt Sara Naqvi (UP) 21-1, 21-18; Anjali Rawat (Guj) bt Manisha (AP) 21-14, 21-16.

Quarterfinals: Sindhu bt Sudha Kalyani (AP) 21-13, 21-19; Sara bt Polta Navya (AP) 21-9, 23-21; Anjali bt Insha Imam (Jhr) 21-12, 21-19; Manisha bt Poorvisha S. Ram (Kar) 21-16, 24-22.

Under-10 singles final: Shreyanshi Pardesi (MP) bt Veldruti Harika (AP) 21-17, 19-21, 21-16.

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