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Sikki Reddy knocks out Arundhati Pantawane; makes it to three finals

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BANGALORE: Sikki Reddy is set for a triple crown in the Union Bank all-India junior ranking badminton championship at the KBA Courts here on Saturday.

Sikki stormed into both the girls’ under-16 and 19 singles finals and later, partnering teammate Lavyana, made the u-16 doubles final also.

Sikki snuffed out the challenge of Saee Purandare of Maharashtra 21-11, 21-15 in the u-16 singles semifinals. She knocked out the top seed, Arundhati Pantawane of Maharashtra, 21-17, 21-15 in the u-19 singles semifinal.

The results:

Boys: U-19: Singles: Semifinals: Guru Sai Dutt (AP) bt Oscar Bansal (Chd) 21-23, 21-10, 21-18; Abhimanyu Singh (MP) bt Arun Nandaluri (AI) 21-14, 21-12. Quarterfinals: Guru bt Saurabh Verma (MP) 21-9, 21-15; Oscar bt Tarun Kona (AP) 21-15, 21-18; Abhimanyu bt Aditya Prakash (Kar) 17-21, 21-13, 23-21; Arun bt Sai Praneeth (AP) 23-21, 21-12, 21-15.

Doubles: Semifinals: Guru/ Tarun bt Raj Kumar/ Pranav Chopra 21-10,21-11; Arun/ Anil Kumar bt Ram/ Suranjan 21-12, 21-17. Quarterfinals: Guru/ Tarun bt Sumeeth Reddy/ Prashanth 21-15, 21-11; Raj Kumar/ Pranav Chopra bt Aditya/ Prateek Patel 19-21, 21-9, 23-21; Ram Vijay/ Suranjan Bhobora bt Appa Rao/ Vikranth Kumar 16-21, 21-9, 23-21; Arun/ Anil Kumar bt Ajay Kumar/ Praneet 21-18, 21-14.

U-16: Singles: Semifinals: Praneeth bt Anurag Thakkar (MP) 21-12, 21-6; H.S. Pranoy (Ker) bt Sameer Verma (MP) 23-21, 21-10. Quarterfinals: Praneeth bt Bhaskar Chakraborty (Del) 21-11, 21-9; Anurag bt Sunjith (Ker) 21-9, 21-9; Prannoy (Ker) bt Sarang Lakhani (Mah) 21-10, 27-25; Sameer bt Hirak Jyoti Neog (Asm) 21-18, 30-29.

Doubles: Semifinals: Raj Kumar/ P. Chopra bt Hirak/ Anurag 20-22, 21-19, 21-12; Praneeth/ Prannoy bt S. Lakhani/ Bishal Das 21-12, 21-13. Quarterfinals: Raj Kumar/ Pranav Chopra bt Vikas Harsha/ Srikanth 19-21, 21-08, 21-6; Hirak/ Anurag bt Saharsh/ Pratul Joshi 21-19, 21-13; Sarang/ Bishal Das bt Sameer / Arpit Verma 21-12, 21-18; Praneeth/ Pranoy bt Vishal Dev Reddy/ Jaisimha Reddy 21-16, 21-7.

Girls: U-19: Singles: Semifinals: Sikki Reddy (AP) bt Arundahti Pantawane (Mah) 21-17, 21-15; Ruth Misha (Kar) bt Ashwini Ponnappa (Kar) 21-7, 21-13. Quarterfinals: Arundhati bt Ankita Ashok (Kar) 21-10, 21-10; Sikky bt Mudra Dahinje (Mah) 19-21, 21-9, 21-13; Ashwini bt Nischitha (Kar) 21-17, 21-6; Ruth bt Kadambari Chheda (Mah) 21-15, 21-18.

Doubles: Semifinals: Ashwini/ Nitya bt Ankita/ Anuradha 21-11, 21-8; Vaishali/ Prajakta bt Shweta/ Pradnya 21-18, 21-13. Quarterfinals: Ashwini/ Nitya Sosale bt Shruthi/ Adfa Tuqui 21-14, 21-6; Ankita/ Anuradha Shrikhande bt Pallavi Aggarwal/ Mudra 15-21, 21-18, 21-19; Vaishali Baria/ Prajkta Sawant bt Nischitha/ Monisha Vinayak 21-14, 21-14; Shweta Kelkar/ Pradnya Gadre bt Ruth/ Arundhati 21-18, 21-16.

U-16: Singles: Semifinals: Sikki bt Saee Purandare (Mah) 21-12, 21-6; Prajakta bt Seshadri Sanyal (WB) 21-7, 11-3 retd. Quarterfinals: Sikky bt Sanyogita Ghorpade (Mah) 21-14, 21-13; Saee (Mah) bt Jacqueline Rose Kunnath (Kar) 21-18, 12-21, 21-15; Shesahdri bt Vijeta Bhargav (MP) 21-17, 21-14; Prajakta bt P.V. Sindhu (AP) 22-20, 15-21, 21-7.

Doubles: Semifinals: Sikki/ Lavanya bt Suneri/ Visalakshi 21-9, 21-17; Prajakta/ Vijeta bt Sanyogita/ Saee 21-18, 21-10. Quarterfinals: Sikki/ Lavanya bt Minti Kaur/ Riya Pillai 21-9, 21-8; Suneri/ Kanthi Visalakshi bt Haritha/ Keerthana Nair 21-6, 21-9; Sanyogita/ Saee bt Sindhu / Manisha 20-22, 21-9, 21-19; Prajakta/ Vijeta bt Meghana/ Pramada 21-8, 21-9.

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