Manoj, Vijay cause upsets

PUNE, Jan 5: Unseeded pairs of Manoj Kumar and Vijay Khanna of Andhra caused a major upset defeating No 2 Amrish Shinde and Mayur Ghatnekar of Railways 15-5, 17-14 to enter the quarter-final round in the men8217;s doubles event of the All-India VV Natu Memorial Badminton Championship at the WIE complex here today.

Top seed Manjusha Kanwar of Maharshtra got a walk over from Tanuja Begum of Kerala in the women8217;s event.

Results:

Women8217;s singles: Nirmala Kotnis A-I bt M Radhika AP 11-1, 11-3; D Shwetha A-I bt Kirti Kadam Rlys 11-4, 13-11; Ch Deepti AP bt Meenakshi Wagh Mah 11-3, 11-6; Archana Deodhar Mah bt Ketaki Thakar A-I 7-11, 13-10, 11-7, Trupti Murgunde Mah bt Shalaka Damle A-I 8-11, 11-5, 7-0 conceded; PVV Laxmi AP bt Kranti Sane Mah 11-6, 11-2.