Nikith storms into quarters

*Top seed Nikhit Laxman had not trouble swatting aside CS Ponnappa to march into the quarterfinals of the 18th W SureshKumar Memorial-AISSGloabl 3-Star badminton ranking tournament here on Sunday.
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Results (all pre-quarterfinals): Boys: Under-15:1-Nikhit Laxman(WPBA) bt Ponnappa CS (AF) 21-6, 21-11; Sai Pratheek K(ECA) bt Chinmaya Venkatesh(WPBA) 21-16, 25-27, 21-5; 4-Nikhilshyam Sriram(NGV) bt Kiran B(BBCE) 21-17, 21-14; 8-Amogh Gupta R(PPBA) bt Anirudh Rao(Bgv) 21-10, 15-21, 22-20; Gaurav MS(WPBA) bt Sourav Yadav(AF) 21-18, 18-21, 22-20; 3-Abhi Amudan(RBA) bt Udaya C(CUCT) 21-18, 21-19; 6-Saif Ali(BBCE) bt Sameer Subhedar(NGV) 21-13, 24-22; 2-Akshay Srinivas S (NGV) bt Vishnuh Paura(Reliance) 21-19, 21-8.

Under-13: 1-Kartik Vyakaranam(NGV) bt Amogh P(WPBA) 21-9, 21-8; Sujith BS(SAI) bt Rishab Rajumohan(Reliance) 21-7, 21-10; 4-Ajinkya Joshi(Bgv) bt Akash S(MSBA) 20-22, 21-15, 21-16; 8-Chinmaya Venkatesh(WPBA) bt Tejas Suresh(Blore) 21-10, 21-5; Mohit P Gowda (SAI) bt 6-Pruthvi Roy K(DYSS) 21-18, 21-11; Saket CS(SNC) bt 3-Srikar Rajesh(WPBA) 16-21, 27-25, 21-13; Shivdeep Jayanth(MSBA) bt 7-Shamadeep Mandal(Reliance) 21-17, 21-11; 2-Tejas Sanjay Kallolkar(Bgv) bt Saneeth Dayanand S(Shi) 21-5, 21-7.

Girls, under-15: 1-Apeksha Nayak (PPBA) bt Nanditha Ravi(BBCE) 21-5, 21-11; 7-Sheetal Sudarshan(NGV) bt Sahana R (Vasanth) 21-10, 21-11; 4-Reenu Tirumal(NGV) bt Bhavya Krishnan(BBCE) 21-13, 21-6; 8-Drithi Yatheesh (ECA) bt Sheethal D(PPBA) 25-23, 21-17; 5-Mithula UK(PPBA) bt Richa Muktibodh (Reliance) 21-13, 21-16; 3-Sarayu Vyakaranam(NGV) bt Advika Ganesh(PPBA) 21-12, 21-10; 6-Shivani A Pathi(ECA) bt Ramya CV(Galaxy Club) 21-12, 21-7; 2-Archana Pai(PPBA) bt Prarthana Vasudevan(NGV) 21-6, 21-11. Reported by Deccan Herald 3 days ago.