Periyar, SRM in quarterfinals

Salem: Host Periyar and Chennai’s SRM coasted to comfortable wins and entered the quarterfinals of the all-India inter-varsity ball badminton tournament for women at the Periyar varsity courts here on Monday.

The results (pre-quarterfinals): Calicut bt Sri Venkateswara 29-18, 29-23; Madras bt Bangalore 29-19, 29-12; Periyar bt Sri Krishnadevaraya 29-13, 29-4; SRM bt Mysore 29-22, 29-13.

Third round: Sri Venkateswara bt TNPE & Sports 29-18, 29-19; Madras bt Bharathiar 29-13, 29-20; Periyar bt Anna University (Tirunelveli) 29-4, 29-7; SRM bt Kerala 29-8, 29-22; Calicut bt Acharya Nagarjuna 29-9, 29-5; Bangalore bt Mother Theresa 29-6, 29-8; Mysore bt Andhra 29-11, 29-14.