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Harish stuns Pranav

Coimbatore: K.V.P. Harish Raj of Erode struck form at the right moment to stun district-mate and second seed S.C.S Pranav in the under-10 boys’ singles quarterfinals of the Aircel junior State-ranking badminton tournament here on Thursday.

In the other upset of the day, fourth seed P.L. Swarnam of Coimbatore went down tamely to V.K. Rajapriya of Virudhunagar 11-21, 14-21 in the girls’ U-16 section.

Other results (quarterfinals): Boys: U-10: P.T. Harshath (Cbe) bt Akshay Srinivas (Che) 21-5, 21-8; M. Yukesh Krishna (Erd) bt Sabari Girisham (Cud) 21-17, 21-13; R. Prakash (Erd) bt K.M. Rahul (Cbe) 22-20, 18-21, 21-18.

Girls: U-13: Aditi Anand (Cbe) bt S. Sadana (Cbe) 21-14, 21-10; M. Roshini (Che) bt K.A. Vikasini (Cbe) 21-10, 21-5; Rashmi S. Babu (Cbe) bt Afrin Fathima (Vlr) 21-8, 21-6.

U-16: M. Roshini (Che) bt K. Sangavi (Cbe) 21-17, 17-21, 21-8; I. Gohulalakshmi (Vrd) bt Merlyn Rachel 21-16, 21-13; Kanti Visalakshi (Che) bt Aditi Anand (Cbe) 21-9, 21-13.

U-19: S. Archana (Cbe) bt M. Archana Devi 21-11, 21-12; K. Suneri (Che) bt K. Vidhya (Cbe) 27-25, 21-12; Darshini (Vrd) bt Kanti Visalakshi (Che) 23-21, 21-4; G. Amrin Mubarak (Vlr) bt P.L. Swarnam (Cbe) 21-12, 21-5. — Sports Reporter

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