VIJAYAWADA, NOV 3: On a day of major upsets, T Dinesh of Andhra Pradesh, Aparna Balan of Kerala and Aditi Biswas of Karnataka, the top seeds in the mini boys, mini girls and sub-junior girls sections respectively fell by the wayside, even as top seeded Amar Mohite of Maharashtra had a smooth passage into the final of the sub-junior boys events of the limca 13th national badminton championships here tonight.Unseeded Samrat Adhikeri of West Bengal prevailed over Dinesh 15-13, 15-0 in the pre-quarter-finals itself and went on to trounce fifth seeded Ajay Jayaram of Maharashtra 15-2, 15-5, in the quarter-finals in the mini boys event while Shilipi Kankane of Maharashtra drubbed Aparna Balan 11-9, 11-5 in the quarter-finals in the mini girls event.
Important results
Sub-Junior boys (SF): Amar Mohite (Mah) bt Vineet Manuel (Ker) 15-3, 15-3; Nishad Dravid (Mah) bt Bahiman Bora (Asm) 15-3, 15-9.
Mini boys (QF): Samarat Adhikari (WB) bt Ajay Jayaram (Mah) 15-2, 15-5; Anand Pawar (Mah) btSiddarth Roy (Guj) 15-5, 15-3; A Hazarika (Asm) bt Rohit Sadani (Mah) 15-6, 15-5; Ashutosh Pant (UP) bt Sandeep Banerjee (WB) 15-10, 15-7.
Sub-Junior girls (SF): MV Sarika (Ktk) bt VN Aswini (Ktk) 11-6, 12-13, 13-1; Krishna Deka Raja (Asm) bt Sampa Shah (Railways) 11-1, 4-11, 11-7.
Mini girls (SF): Krishna Deka Raja (Asm) bt Ridhi Pajwani (Mah) 11-5, 11-6; Aditi Mudatkar (Mah) bt Shilpi Kankane (Mah) 11-5, 11-2.
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