Sreekanth advances

Fort Kochi's V. Sreekanth defeated Kothamangalam's Aneesh Johny in straight games and entered the men's singles quarterfinals of the 22{+n}{+d} all-Kerala inter-YMCA badminton tournament at the Fort Kochi YMCA on Saturday.

The results:

Men's singles pre-quarterfinals: V. Sreekanth (Fort Kochi) bt Aneesh Johny (Kothamangalam) 21-8, 21-13.

Men's doubles pre-quarterfinals: Aneesh Johny/S. Deepak (Kothamanagalam) bt Ajith Kumar/Sunny Paul (Kozhippally) 21-14, 21-19.

Veterans singles quarterfinals: P.P. Ramachandran/P.A. Ignatius (Fort Kochi) bt Philip Cherian/Varghese George (Kalamassery) 21-6, 21-7; Ajith Kumar/M.J. Baby (Kozhippally) bt Abdul Saleem/Rajesh (Aluva YMCA) 21-14, 10-21, 23-21.