Ruthvika Shivani, a 14-year-old from Andhra Pradesh, overcame a strong challenge from Finland's Sonja Pekkola to win 21-19, 20-22, 21-19 and enter the girls' singles pre-quarterfinals of the Yonex Dutch junior badminton championship at Haarlem, the Netherlands, on Friday.
The results (involving Indians):
Boys: Second round: Arshalan Naqvi bt Douglas Lidman (Swe) 21-16, 22-20; Shreyansh Jaiswal bt Teun Yntema (Ned) 21-13, 21-6; Thomi Azizan Mahbub (Ina) bt Aditya Joshi 21-16, 21-17.
First round: Arshalan bt Roy Reijbroek (Ned) 21-19, 21-15; Aditya bt Aleksandr Butovetsky (Rus) 21-13, 21-19; Reksy Aureza Megananda (Ina) bt Arun George (Ind) 15-21, 21-19, 21-15.
Girls: Singles: Third round: G. Ruthvika Shivani (Ind) bt Sonja Pekkola (Fin) 21-19, 20-22, 21-19. Second round: Ruthvika Shivani bt Eva Janssens (Ger) 21-15, 21-9. Anjali Rawat (Ind) bt Imke van der Aar (Ned) 25-23, 21-17; Rituparna Das bt Airi Mikkela (Fin) 21-18, 21-19; Gayle Mahulette (Ned) bt Reshma Karthik 12-21, 21-7, 23-21; Ngan Yi Cheung (HK) bt S.R. Poorvisha Ram (Ind) 21-19, 21-13; Evgeniya Kosetskaya (Rus) bt D. Sudha Kalyani (Ind) 21-12, 21-15.
