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Anand upsets Sridhin, in last eight

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Unseeded R.J. Anand upset sixth seed Sridhin to move into the quarterfinals of the R. Rajasekharan Memorial junior State badminton championships at the Sri Moolam Club, here on Friday.

Anand shrugged off the loss of first game to beat Sridhin 1-21, 21-15, 23-21.

Top seed H.S. Prannoy crushed Pranav Satish 21-6, 21-10 to move into the quarterfinals.

Ranjith, Dilshad, Neeraj Rahiman, Deepak Joseph, Vishnu Prasad and S.Sanjith completed the quarterfinal line-up in the boys’ section.

The results:

Boys: Pre-quarterfinals: H.S. Prannoy bt Pranav Satish 21-6, 21-10; Deepak Joseph bt Ravisankar 21-16, 17-21, 21-12; Ranjith bt Govind Sivan 21-16, 21-17.

Vishnu Prasad bt V.M. Bharath 21-17, 21-14; R.J. Anand bt Sridhin 1-21, 21-15, 23-21; Dilshad bt Mingle George 21-13, 21-16; S. Sanjith bt P.N. Arjun 21-19, 21-13; Neraj Rahiman bt Ranjith Sunny 21-15, 21-9.

Girls: Doubles: Pre-quarterfinals: Haritha & Keerthana w/o Priyanka & Amala; Neethu & Nanditha Krishna bt Sneha Shantilal & Anusha 24-22, 21-19.

Soumya & Divya w/o Aswathi & Veena Umesh; Daya Elsa Jacob & Neethu Ninan bt Sruthi & Aswathi 21-10, 21-11.

Mixed doubles: Quarterfinals: Neeraj Rahiman & Anjali Maria bt R.J. Anand & C. Neethu 21-9, 21-13; Govind Sivan & Nanditha Krishna bt Shanu Santosh & M. Aswathi 17-21, 21-18, 21-15; Vishnu Prasad & Linimol bt Vishnu & Soumya 21-16, 21-14.

Sreejesh felicitated

Hockey star P.R. Sreejesh, who was part of the Indian team in the recent Azlan Shah Cup and junior Asian hockey championship, was felicitated at a function at the G.V. Raja Sports School here on Friday.

The function was organised by Kerala Hockey Association along with Thiruvananthapuram District Hockey Association and the G.V. Raja Sports School.

Mementos were presented to Sreejesh, a former student of the sports school.

The 21-year-old IOB employee said he was overwhelmed by the reception and felt honoured.

Sreejesh recalled the reception given to K.M. Beenamol at the sports school after the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

“I dreamt of receiving such a reception at the school one day. Now it is a dream come true for me,” the goalkeeper said.

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