Seeds have it easy

Tamil Nadu No 1 J Santosh came back after dropping the first game to defeat Anand Ganguly 14-17, 17-14, 15-1 in only the second match which went into three games on a day when over 100 matches were conducted.

Results (all first round)

Junior boys’ singles: Chetan Anand (AI) bt Leo Nirlum (Bhutan) 15-1 15-1; A Prithvi (AI) bt Pankaj Naik (Goa) 15-10, 17-14; V Diju (Ker) bt M Satish Mathew (Pondy) 15-7 15-4; Abhishek Bakshi (AI) bt S Saxena (UP) 15-3 15-1; Mitesh Hazarikas (Mah) bt Anuj Gautam (Nepal) 15-0, 15-0; Arup Baidya (Rly) bt B Vikas Reddy (AP) 15-2, 15-1.

Sub-junior: Ajit Phatak (Mah) bt Malik Jalal (TN) 15-0, 15-2; Amar Mohite (Mah) bt Mangeshkar (AP) 15-6, 15-5; Rohan Castalino (Kar) bt Tarun (AP) 15-6, 15-10; Utasav Prakash (Kar) bt Puneet Bansal (Chd) 15-5, 15-8.

Under-13: Anand Pawar (Mah) bt P Raghul (Pondy) 15-1, 15-0; P Kashyap (Kar) bt I S Naveen Kumar (AP) 15-5, 15-1; D Srinivas (AP) bt Jigmal Norbu (Bhutan) 15-5, 15-1; Gagan Monga (Bhutan) lost to Anshuman Hazarika (Asm) 0-15, 0-15.

Junior boys doubles: V Diju (Ker)/Mithesh Hazarnis (Mah) bt P Sunil/B Sandeep (AP) 15-9, 15-2.