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MUMBAI, AUG 23: Two seeds, No 4 Anup Sridhar of Karnataka and No 6 Gaurav Singh did not survive the hectic first-round action in the Rs 2...

By: Express News Service

August 24, 1999 12:00 AM IST

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MUMBAI, AUG 23: Two seeds, No 4 Anup Sridhar of Karnataka and No 6 Gaurav Singh did not survive the hectic first-round action in the Rs 2-lakh Grand Prix Badminton tournament being held at the Dadoji Konddeo Stadium today.

Maharashtra8217;s Nitin Ingole knocked out Sridhar 15-11, 15-13 while Nishad Dravid, another state player, defeated Gaurav Singh 15-9, 15-10.

Ingole, a good defensive player, kept tossing the shuttle high to keep Sridhar pinned to the back court. Sridhar, who held leads in both the games 8212; 7-4 in both the games before losing out 8212; was never allowed any leeway in both the games though the second game was well fought. Down 8-11 in the first, he almost pulled level at 10-11, won one more point before losing the game.

In the second, Sridhar seemed in control despite letting Ingole pinch away at his lead. From 7-4 to 8-7 and then another minor lead at 11-9. But Ingole used the toss to good effect even as the fight went on. At 13-all the players fought for another two points.

There was one break of service, but the winner was never in doubt. Dravid, a 16-year-old, having been seeded third in the under-16 section. The Nagpur lad held a big lead at 9-2 but let Gaurav come back into the game at 10-7. But he tightened his game and conceded only two more points before wrapping up the first. In the second game, Dravid was in strife, down 0-6 and 3-10 before he staged a remarkable recovery, conceding no more points in closing out Gaurav from the tournament in singles.

In another upset, second seed Prakash Kashyap of Karnataka lost to unseeded UP player Ashutosh Pant in straight games. Kashyap8217;s fight was restricted to the early parts of each of the two games as Pant won in a canter after it fizzled out.

Results 1st round

Junior boys singles: Chetan Anand Air-India bt Utsav Prakash Kar 15-4, 15-3; Ramesh Naidu AP bt Ajit Phatak Mah 15-9, 16-17, 15-5; V Diju Ker bt Deepak Siddhy Chd 15-5, 15-8; Himanshu Thakkar Mah bt K Srinivasan AP 15-10, 15-10; Nitin Ingole Mah bt Anup Sridhan Kar 15-11, 15-13; Anupam Singh Mah bt Varun Sharma Chd 15-7, 15-7; Mitesh Hajarnis Rly bt Rahul Tipnis Mah 15-8, 15-2; A Prithvi A-I bt Anand Ganguly Railway 15-7, 15-10; Sumedh Deorukhkar Mah bt Swapnil Dharwadkar Goa 15-0, 15-2; Abhishek Bakshi A-I bt Vikas Reddy AP 15-7, 15-7; Prashant Bahatre Mah bt Vinod Kumar AP 15-0, 15-0; Nishad Dravid Mah bt Gaurav Singh A-I 15-9, 15-10; PV Sajith Ker bt Akshay Thakkar Mah 15-8, 15-8; Arup Baidya Railway bt Vinayak Puthran Mah 15-5, 15-1.

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Doubles: Mitesh Hajarnis Rly/ V Diju Ker bt Vinayak Puthran Mah/ Rahul Tipnis Mah 15-3, 15-7; Amar Mohite Mah/ Sumedh Deorukhkar Mah bt T Charanjit Singh A/ NN Vinayak 11-15, 15-9, 15-9; Chetan Anand/ A Prithvi A-I bt Vivek Sharma/ Deepak Siddhu Chd 15-8, 15-1; Nitin Ingole/ Prashant Bahtre Mah bt Aditya Pandya/ Sujay Thakkar Mah 15-11, 15-8; Sandeep Luis/ PV Sajith bt B Vikar Reddy/ Srinivasan 15-9, 15-10; S Krishna/ Gaurav Singh bt C Vaison/ R Haridas 15-12, 15-7; V Arun/ G Gokul bt Akshay Thakkar/ Himanshu Thakkar Mah 15-6, 15-11; Abhishek Bakshi/ Anup Sridhar bt Manish Gupta/ Navjeet Singh 15-1, 15-3.

Under-13 singles: Anshuman Hazarika ASM bt Rohit Prabhu Mah 15-2, 15-2; Akshay Jogdeo Mah bt Surya Prakash UP 15-7, 15-7; Rohit Sadani Mah bt ND Anupkiran Kar 15-1, 15-2; Vikram Bhatnagar Mah bt Viraj Torsekar Mah 15-10, 15-7; T Dinesh AP bt Pratik Patel Guj 15-0, 15-1; Rohit Narke Mah bt Kartik Shenoy Mah 15-6, 15-8; Ajay Jayram Mah bt Madhur Prakash UP 15-9, 15-0; Akshay Devalkar Mah bt Sanket Naidu Mah 15-1, 15-5; Siddharth Bhimani Mah bt Kaustubh Khare Mah 15-8, 15-4; Amit Khadgi Mah bt Saurab Singh 15-6, 15-3; Ashutosh Pant UP bt P Kashyap Kar 15-6, 15-7.

Doubles: Hazarika Asm/ Anand Pawar Mah bt Neel Kanthan/ Aniketh Vyavahare Mah 15-0, 15-0; Madhur Prakash/ Ashutosh Pant UP bt Kartik Shenoy/ Amey Joshi Mah 15-2, 15-3; Rohit Narke/ Akshay Devalkar Mah bt Surya Prakash/ Antariksha Singh 15-8, 15-6; T DineshAP/ P Kashyap Kar bt Kaushik Krishnan/ R Prabhu Mah 15-10, 15-2.

Girls: Under-19 singles: Nupura Bhide Mah bt Sim Sim Salaria Mah 11-4, conceded; Neha Gangolli Mah bt Neha Vad Mah 11-0, 11-5; Fatima Ker bt Poonam Tiwari 7-11, 11-0, 11-1; Triuti Murgunde A-I bt Diva Arora 11-3, 13-10; Gauri Narayan Mah bt Neha Makwana MP 11-8, 6-11, 11-3; Shruti Kurian AP bt Nikita Hurkadli Mah 11-5, 11-3; Mugdha Bhagwat A-I bt Deepti Paranjpe Mah 13-11, 11-3; Kranti Sane Mah bt Shalini Prakash Kar 11-3, 11-6.

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Under-19 doubles: Mansi Bhave/ Dhanya Nair Mah bt Sweta Singh/ Neha Goyal UP 15-4, 15-5; Ketaki Thakar/ Mugdha Bhagwat A-I bt Ruta Pitke/ Diva Arora Mah 15-6, 15-3; Pooja Patil/ BN Ashwini Kar bt Krishti Das/ Rini Hazarika ASM 15-3, 15-2; Neha Gangolli/ Kranti Sane Mah bt Shalini Prakash/ Aditi Biswas Kar 13-15, 15-5, 15-2; Trupti Murgunde A-I/ Parul Priyadarshini Railway bt Merit George/ Kar Anumol Kar 9-15, 15-1, 15-6; Dipti Paranjape/ Shivani Mayekar Mah bt Neha Makwana/ Rashmi Khedekar MP 15-11, 15-12; Gauri Narayan A-I/ Fatima Ker bt Sim Sim Salaria/ Nupuru Bhide Mah 15-9, 15-9.

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