
PANCHKULA, NOV 18: Karan Sahoo and Varun Sahoo of Panchkula outplayed Gaurav Kapoor and Adit Aggarwal 15-6, 15-4 in doubles to move into the quarterfinals of under-16 boys group on the opening day of the fifth Tara Chand Memorial North Zone badminton tournament which began here today at Sector 5 Community Centre.
Iqbal Singh top seed in under-16 boys group, paired with Sandeep to beat Sanjeev and Ramanpreet 15-5, 15-9, to enter next round of doubles under-16.
Results: Boys: Under-16: Singles first round: Akshay Bhanot ASR bt Abhishek Jamp;K 15-8, 15-14; Mayanak Bahl ASR bt Akash Sethi CHD 15-9, 12-15, 15-9; Tarun SNT bt Manish Rawat Del 15-6, 15-4; Pawan SNT bt Ramnik Sharma LDH 15-3, 11-15, 15-10; Vikrant PKl bt Sanjeev Pat 15-4, 15-9; Sandeep ASR bt Aman Joseph Del 15-1, 15-13; Sachin Garg PKL bt Narinder Chd 15-3, 15-4. Under-13: Singles first round: Anshul Aggarwal Hry bt Anand Hry 21-13. Under-19: Singles first round: Kapil Hry bt Anoop Mittal Del 11-15, 15-4, 15-5. Doubles: Under-16 first round: Mayanak and Akshay ASR bt Puneet and Narinder CHD 15-5, 15-8; Pawan and Sumit SNT bt Manish and Aman Del 11-15, 15-6, 15-3; Sandeep and Iqbal Pb bt Sanjeev and Raman Pb 15-5, 15-9; Karan Sahoo and Varun Sahoo Hry bt Gaurav Kapoor and Adit Aggarwal 15-6, 15-4.