Mysore State Ranking Sub-Junior & Junior Badminton: Medha shocks Deepthi Ramesh

Unseeded Medha Shashidharan of Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES) shocked the top-seeded Deepthi Ramesh 21-19 21-14 and entered the finals in the girls U-19 Singles in the Mysore State Ranking Sub-Junior and Junior Badminton Championships conducted by MDBA under the aegis of the KBA at the Manasagangothri Courts here yesterday. In the U-19 boys section, top-seed Nikhil Shyam Sriram, playing a consistent game, beat third seeded Ganesh Vittal and set up a title clash with second seeded B. Kiran, who got the better of Sai Prateek 21-23 22-20 21-17 in the other semi-final. Results Boys U-19 (Semi-finals): Nikhil Shyam Sriram bt G. Ganesh Vittal 21-18 21-9, B. Kiran bt Sai Pratheek 21-23 22-20 21-17; Quarter finals: Nikhil Shyam Sriram bt P. Mohith Gowda 21-6, 21-14,  G. Ganesh Vittal bt S. Bharghav 21-12, 21-14, K. Sai Prateek bt K. Shamanth 23-21, 22-20, B. Kiran bt Abi Amudhan 21-11, 21-19. Boys Under-17 (Semi-finals): Tejas Kallolkar bt Chinmaya Venkatesh 21-19, 21-10, Nithin bt Srikar Rajesh 18-21 21-17 21-17; Quarter-finals: Tejas Kallolkar bt Gaurav Ajila 21-13, 21-7, Chinmaya Venkatesh bt D.S. Saneeth 14-21, 21-17, 21-19, Nithin bt C.S. Sanket 21-5, 21-13, Srikar Rajesh bt P. Mohith Gowda 21-19, 18-21, 21-14. Boys Under-15: (Semi-finals): Saneeth bt Vishesh Sharma 21-18, 21-12, Naren S. Iyer bt Chiranjeevi Reddy 21-16,                 20-22, 22-20. Quarter-finals: D.S. Saneeth bt Kishal Ganapathy 21-13, 21-14, Vishesh Sharma bt Jayanth 21-16, 21-15, Chiranjeevi Reddy bt Aditya Diwakar 11-21, 21-11, 21-13, Naren S. Iyer bt V. Suhas 21-19, 21-19. Boys U-13: Semi-finals: G.S. Sumukh bt Aditya Pradeep 21-13, 22-20, Tushar Suveer bt Nicholas Nathan Raj 21-4, 20-22, 21-15; Quarter-finals: Sumukh bt Lava T. Vadkal 21-14, 21-19, Aditya Pradeep bt Satvik Shankar 14-21, 21-11, 21-10, Nicholas Nathan Raj bt Aruj Maheshwari 21-14, 21-15, Tushar Suveer bt Dhanush Gowda 17-21, 21-11, 21-16. Girls U-19 (Semi-finals): Medha Shashidharan bt Deepthi Ramesh 21-19 21-14, K. Ashwini Bhat bt Trisha Hegde 21-17 21-13; Quarter-finals: Deepthi Ramesh bt R.R. Dharani 21-14, 21-15, Medha Shashidharan bt Drithi Yateesh 21-17, 21-13, Trisha Hegde bt Prerana  21-12, 21-8, Ashwini Bhat bt C.V. Ramya 21-17, 21-16. Girls U-17 (Semi-finals): Drithi Yatheesh bt Kriti Bharadwaj 21-19 13-21 21-17,Trisha Hegde bt Keerthana P. Shroff 21-15 21-17; Quarter-finals: Kirti Bharadwaj bt Medha Shashidharan 21-18, 21-12, Drithi Yateesh bt Ananya Praveen 21-14, 21-18, Kerthana P. Shroff bt Shraddha Hegde 27-25, 22-20, Trisha Hegde bt Varsha Bhat 21-17, 16-21, 21-9. Girls U-15 (Semi-finals): Kirti Bharadwaj bt Janani ananthkumar 21-16, 21-8, Tanya Hemanth bt Vijetha Harish 13-21, 21-16, 21-12. Girls U-13 (Semi-finals): A. Neysa Cariappa bt S. Karnika 21-13, 21-16, Ridhi Shah bt Gayathri Rani Jaiswal 19-21, 21-17, 21-18.