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Sumeeth in final

VIJAYAWADA: Third seed B. Sumeeth Reddy of APBA ousted top seed C.M. Sasidhar 21-17, 7-21, 21-15 to enter the men’s singles final of AP State senior badminton championship held at Cosmopolitan Recreation Centre at Ravulapalem on Wednesday.

The results:

Men’s Singles (semifinals): B. Sumeeth Reddy (APBA) bt C.M. Sasidhar (Hyd) 21-17, 7-21, 21-15, B. Sai Praneeth (APBA) bt N. Srujan (Ctr) 18-21, 21-16, 21-18; Quarterfinals: C.M. Sasidhar (Hyd) bt A. Naresh Kumar (Knl) 21-8, 21-9, B. Sumeeth Reddy (APBA) bt S. Aravind (Vzg) 18-21, 21-13, 21-18, B. Sai Praneeth (APBA) bt N.V.S. Vijetha (Hyd) 21-15, 18-21, 21-13, N. Srujan (Ctr) bt T. Nagendra (EG) 21-11, 21-8.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Srujan & Arun (Ctr) bt Khasim & Subrahmanyam (Kda) 21-7, 21-14, Naveen Kumar & Ramesh Naidu (Vzg) bt Anvesh & Naresh Kumar (Nal) 23-21, 21-17, Nagaraj & T. Krishna (Hyd) bt Chandra Mouli & S. Berkley (Atp) 21-12, 21-19, Sai Praneeth & Sumeeth Reddy (APBA) bt N.N. Vinayak & Uday Bhaskar (Hyd) 21-16, 21-19.

Women Singles (semifinals): N. Sikki Reddy (APBA) bt K. Manisha (21-10, 21-14, P.V. Sindhu (Hyd) bt G. Ruthvika Shivani (Khm) 21-5, 21-9; Quarterfinals: N. Sikki Reddy (APBA) bt Sharei (EG) w/o, K. Manisha (APBA) bt I.R.D. Sravani (Kna) 21-15, 21-17, P.V. Sindhu (Hyd) bt K. Radhika Reddy (Vzg) 21-12, 21-9, Ruthvika Shivani (Khm) bt Eswaramma (EG) 21-6, 21-5.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Sikki Reddy & P.V. Sindhu (Hyd) bt Geethanjali & Muthyalamma (Atp) w/o, I. R. D. Sravani & Suswetha (Kna) bt P. Lavanya & Sheetal Mohan Das (Kna) 22-20, 21-18, Swetha & Deepthi Shalini (Hyd) bt M. Jahnavi & M. Navya (EG) 21-13, 21-4, J. Meghana & K. Manisha (RR) bt Babu Sailaja & Saritha Priya (Wgl) 21-4, 21-8.

President’s XI posts win

President’s XI defeated Secretary’s XI by 26 runs in the ACA u-19 selection match at Anantapur on Wednesday.

The scores: President’s XI 165 in 48 overs bt Secretary’s XI 139 in 35 overs (G. Dhana Lakshmi three for 31).

Mounica Sai to lead

Tirupati’s Mounica Sai will lead the ACA u-19 women team in the inter-State tournament at Hyderabad from October 13 to 19.

The team: Mounica Sai, S. Hima Bindu, V. Sneha Deepthi, G. Deepika, G. Divya, S. Meghana, G. Polamma, G. Sirisha, G. Dhanalakshmi, P.V. Sudha Rani, G. Chandralekha, K.V.S.P. Chandana, P. Vineela, L. Jyothi.

Standbyes: Durga Bhavani, Manveen Kaur, A. Aruna, Y. Divya. – Principal Correspondent.

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