SIVAKASI: Top-seeded Siddarth Jain of Chennai scored an easy 21-7, 21-5 win over Lakshminarayanan

05/09/2009

Sporty India Updated

SIVAKASI: Top-seeded Siddarth Jain of Chennai scored an easy 21-7, 21-5 win over Lakshminarayanan of Tirupur and entered the men’s pre-quarterfinals in the Yonex State senior badminton championship here on Friday.

Other results: Men (second round): Mohammed Roshan Zameer (Vel) bt Balaji (Cud) 21-7, 21-4; Aditya Ilango (Che) bt Sathyanarayana (Tnj) 21-9, 21-6; S. Subramanian (Pdk) bt S. Manirathnam (V’nagar) 21-12, 21-11; R. Vijayanand (Vel) bt S. Viswanathan (Try) 21-6, 21-2; Mohammed Ameer (Vel) bt Cibi (Cbe) 21-12, 21-18; M.R. Manikandan (Che) bt Christopher (Kanchi) 21-12, 21-13.

Women (first round): A. Priya (Che) bt S. Vasanthi (Tnj) 21-10, 21-5; Archana Devi (Vel) bt Vidya (Cbe) 21-18, 21-11; Amrin Mubarak (Vel) bt Punitha (Tnj) 21-7, 21-5; Reshmi S. Babu (Cbe) bt R. Indrapriya (V’nagar) 21-6, 21-5.