A. Pawar of Maharashtra rallied after losing the first game to beat Sankeerth of Karnataka and enter the last four of boys’ under-19 at the 58 all-India School Games badminton championships being conducted by the SKSD Mahila Kalasala at Tanuku in West Godavari district on Saturday.
The results (Quarterfinals): Boys: Under-19: Utkarsh Arora (Del) bt Ankit (Har) 21-12, 21-13; Nitish Bora (Asm) bt Anit Kumar (AP) 21-13, 21-17; Andrian George (Guj) bt Yash Nain (Del) 21-13, 21-17; A. Pawar (Mah) bt Sankeerth (Kar) 11-21, 21-14, 21-18.
Under-17: Vaibhav (Mah) bt Sivaramakrishna (AP) 21-17, 21-15; K. Revanth (AP) bt Tanim (UP) 21-6, 21-18; Amit Kosal (Pun) bt Arush Sethia (Del) 18-21, 21-14, 21-12; S. Srivastav (UP) bt Arun Gupta (Del) 22-20, 21-18.
Under-14: Rishab Deshpandey (Mah) bt Briyesh Yadav (UP) 21-19, 16-21, 21-13; Rahul Patel (Del) bt Abhishek (Chd) 21-15, 21-17; Ramandev Deep (Mah) bt Divendu Deka 21-10, 21-17; Vaibhava (Asm) bt Sourabh Kulkarni 21-7, 21-17.
Girls: Under-19: Revati Devastale (Mah) bt Meghana Kulakarni (Kar) 21-18, 21-16; K.P. Shruti (Ker) bt Anuriya Das (WB) 21-13, 21-13; Vaishnavi Iyar (Mah) bt Akashya Balan (Del) 18-21, 21-13, 21-19; Angana (Ker) bt V. Bale (Mah) 21-13, 21-15.
Under-17: Karishna Wadekar (Mah) bt Tanui Shukla (CG) 21-9, 21-11; Ahsma Roy (Ker) bt Manisha (Har) 21-13, 21-9; Swatika (Mah) bt Riya Gujjar (Guj) 21-10, 21-13; Anushka Parikh (Guj) bt Mamata (AP) 21-7, 21-3.
Under-14: Archana Pai (Kar) bt Radha Munde (Mah) 21-9, 21-11; Nivedita (Pud) bt Navya Swaroopa (AP) 21-16, 21-11; Risha Lamba (Mah) bt Dilleswari (Pud) 21-14, 21-14; Sheetal Sudarshan (Kar) bt Joni Niffy (TN) 19-21, 21-15, 21-13.
