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Linimol beats Daya Elsa to win title

KOCHI: Ernakulam’s second-seeded P.S. Linimol surprised top-seeded Daya Elsa Jacob and won the under-19 girls’ title in the BPCL Kochi Refinery all-Kerala Open junior badminton tournament at the Kochi Refinery Stadium on Saturday.

Kiran George, also from Ernakulam, won the u-10 boys’ title but Pranav Satheesh rashed out, losing to Sharon Raphael in the u-16 boys’ semifinals.

The results: Boys: U-10 singles final: Kiran George (Ekm) bt Evaan John Abraham (Ekm) 25-23, 20-22, 21-19. U-13 singles semifinals: M.R. Arjun (Ekm) bt Aswin Satheeshan (Kzd) 21-10, 24-22; Aarush Setia (Ekm) bt Febin Dileep (Ktm) 21-14, 21-16. Doubles final: M.R. Arjun / Rohith Victor bt Viyola Kuruvath / Aarush Setia 21-18, 21-7.

U-16 singles semifinals: Sharon Raphael (Ekm) bt Pranav Satheesh (Ekm) 18-21, 21-11, 21-14; V.H. Bharath (Ekm) bt Arun George (Ekm) 21-16, 17-21, 21-6. U-19 singles semifinals: Vishnu Prasad (Kzd) bt Neeraj Rehman (Kzd) 19-21, 21-17, 21-13; N.R. Renjith (Tsr) bt Mingle George (Tsr) 21-17, 21-15. Girls: U-13 singles semifinals: J.K. Malavika (Tvm) bt Shreya Bose (Ekm) 21-14, 21-5; S. Sruthi (Tvm) bt V.H. Pavithra (Ekm) 21-13, 21-16. U-16 singles semifinals: Daya Elsa Jacob (Ekm) bt M.H. Haritha (Ekm) 21-13, 21-4; Sneha Santhilal (Pkd) bt Boneetha Bose (Ekm) 19-21, 21-16, 21-18. U-19 singles final: P.S. Linimol (Ekm) bt Daya Elsa Jacob (Ekm) 24-22, 21-19.

Nitesh scalps seven

Idukki off-spinner Nitesh took seven for 29 in 9.4 overs but Palakkad walked away with the first innings honours in their two-dayer in the Central Zone u-22 inter-district cricket championship on Saturday.

In another match, Ernakulam gained the lead against Thrissur.

The scores: Ernakulam 202 & 114 for five in 35 overs (Zanal Nazar 61) v Thrissur 181 in 61.3 overs (Praveen Achuthan 38, Vinodkumar 45, Manu Krishnan three for 36, V.P. Nithin three for 43, Ajay Jayakumar three for 54), at St. Paul’s College Ground, Kalamassery. Ernakulam 3, Thrissur 1; Palakkad 231 & 139 in 52 overs (Shyju 47, Nitesh seven for 29) v Idukki 77 & 107 for seven in 34 overs, at BPCL Kochi Refinery Ground, Ambalamugal. Palakkad 3, Idukki 1.

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