Badminton: All-Kerala sub-junior ranking tourney begins at Kolenchery
Over 1,000 shuttlers are competing in the tournament that will be held until May 11.
Over 1,000 shuttlers are competing in the tournament that will be held until May 11.
Over 1,000 shuttlers are competing in the tournament that will be held until May 11.
Ernakulam: Local boys Bjorn Jaison and Kiran Noguchi won their second round games in the boys' singles category of the All-Kerala Sub-junior ranking badminton tournament at the St Peter's School Sports Centre, Kolenchery, in Ernakulam district on Saturday.
Thiruvananthapuram's Gayatri B N and Alappuzha's Shivani Sivakumar among others won their first round games in the girls' singles category.
The results: U-15 boys singles round 2: Bjorn Jaison (Ernakulam) bt Roshan Joby (Kannur) 15-8, 15-7; Kiran Noguchi (Ernakulam) bt Advaith Abani (Idukki) 15-1, 15-7; Abhimanue Bhakth (Thiruvananthapuram) bt Abhinav Krishna C S (Kozhikode) 15-3, 15-13; Rithul Bristow (Ernakulam) bt Pareekshith Mangalassery (Kannur) 15-8, 15-7; S Shilvan Jebas (Ernakulam) bt Alan Aby Mathews (Idukki) 15-7, 15-5.
U-15 girls singles round 1: Gayatri B N (Thiruvananthapuram) bt Nandhana V (Palakkad) 15-10, 13-15, 15-12; Shivani Sivakumar (Alappuzha) bt Arundhati Nithyanand (Ernakulam) 15-7, 15-8; Neha R Shenoy (Ernakulam) bt Alona Lanel (Thrissur) 15-3, 15-4; Akshita E S (Ernakulam) bt Padmashree Pillai (Thiruvananthapuram) 15-5, 15-6.
U15 boys doubles roundd 1: Hamdal Fikham (Kozhikode)/S Shilvan Jebas (Ernakulam) bt Adam Jeslin, (Kozhikode)/Muhammed Nazmi (Wayanad) 10-15, 15-11 15-10; Aswin Mannambalath (Kozhikode)/ Srinivas Shenoy (Kannur) bt Alan Dilraj/ Levit Binoy (Thrissur) 15-9, 15-12; Abraham Roy (Kozhikode)/ Jeffry Joel Francis (Wayanad) bt Navaneeth S/ Niranjan K V (Alappuzha) 15-10, 15-6; Adarsh V V/ Rithul Bristow, (Ernakulam) bt Febin Bino (Kottayam)/Jeeva R (Kollam) 16-14, 15-10.