Andhra Pradesh girls were in top form as they posted comfortable wins to enter the third round in the under-19 junior nationals badminton being held at Yanam.
P.V. Sindhu cruised past Rupsa Ghose of West Bengal 21-9, 21-11. Others to sail into the next round include G. Ruthvika Shivani, D. Sudha Kalyani J. Meghana, J.V. Samhitha and R. Leela Lakshmi. Ruthvika ruled over Rashmeet Kaur of Delhi 21-12, 21-7. Sudha proved her mettle as she came from one set down to beat Kaberi Phukon of Assam 17-21, 21-18, 21-13.
Meanwhile, Samhitha coasted past Tandel Rini of Gujarat 21-13, 21-11 and Leela crushed Moumita Talukdar of Assam in straight sets 21-13, 21-10.
In the first round of the boys category, B. Venkatesh of Andhra Pradesh humbled Ajay Kaith of Himachal Pradesh 21-2, 21-6. Venkatesh’s statemate K. Sriteja too cruised into the second round with a 21-12, 21-13 win over Ribya Jokom from Arunachal Pradesh. A. Vishal Dev Reddy of AP prevailed over Rajas Jawalkar of Karnataka in three games 19-21, 21-6, 21-9.
Selected Results
Boys:
Round 1: R. Ravishanker (Kerala) bt Vinay Verma (U.P.) 21-14, 21-8; Abhishek Yeligar (Karnataka) bt Kawaldeep Singh (Chandigarh) 21-18, 21-18; Pallabh Bose (West Bengal) bt Ram Najiar (Meghalaya) 21-7, 21-5; Aditya Joshi (M.P.) bt Siddarth (Haryana) 21-15, 21-14; B. Venkatesh (AP) bt Ajay Kaith (H.P.) 21-2, 21-6; K. Sriteja (AP) bt Ribya Jokom (Arunachal Pradesh) 21-12, 21-13; S. Sunjith (Kerala) bt Smruti Sourav (Orissa) 21-9, 21-10; A. Vishal Dev Reddy (AP) bt Rajas Jawalkar (Karnataka) 19-21, 21-6, 21-9.
Girls:
Round 2: G. Ruthvika Shivani (AP) bt Rashmeet Kaur (Delhi) 21-12, 21-7; D. Sudha Kalyani (AP) bt Kaberi Phukon (Assam) 17-21, 21-18, 21-13; P.V. Sindhu (AP) bt Rupsa Ghosh (West Bengal) 21-9, 21-11; J. Meghana (AP) bt Smriti Nagarkoti (Uttarakhand) 21-10, 21-9; J.V. Samhitha (AP) bt Tandel Rini (Gujarat) 21-13, 21-11; R. Leela Lakshmi (A.P.) bt Moumita Talukdar (Assam) 21-13, 21-10.