Sri Devi claims singles title

AMBALA, FEB 28: Top-seeded Sri Devi Gadgil of Bangalore outplayed Sangeeta Raj Gopalan of Madhya Pradesh 11-7, 11-5, to clinch the women'...

AMBALA, FEB 28: Top-seeded Sri Devi Gadgil of Bangalore outplayed Sangeeta Raj Gopalan of Madhya Pradesh 11-7, 11-5, to clinch the women8217;s singles title in the All India Civil Services badminton tournament being held at War Heroes Memorial Stadium here.

The women8217;s double title went to the pair of Sangeeta and Vandana MP. The duo defeated Saroj Chauhan Chandigarh and Sri Devi Bangalore 15-17, 15-7, 15-8, in a keen contest.

Vandana Saxena MP also pocketed the veteran women8217;s singles title. She defeated Sarojni Gogte Bihar 11-1, 11-5, to score the double in the meet.Anil Kumar of Rajasthan beat Satyavart of Delhi 15-7, 15-7, while Vijay CS Delhi beat Deepak Saxena Kanpur 4-15, 15-11, 15-7, to enter the men8217;s singles semifinals.

Results
Men Singles pre-quarterfinal: KR Shiv Kumar Chennai bt Ramesh Hyderabad 15-1, 15-2; Arun Pardeshi MP bt Ravi K Bangalore 15-3, 15-2; A Sundram CS Delhi bt Ranbir Singh Rajasthan 15-5, 15-3; Suresh Sonawane Mumbai w/o from R Shetgavkar Goa; Anil Kumar Rajasthan bt Srinivas Reddy 15-7, 15-2; Vijay Kumar CS Delhi bt Yadwinder HP 15-2, 15-5; Satyavart Delhi bt Ramesh Iyer Indore 0-15, 17-16, 15-6; Deepak Saxena Kanpur bt Savgata Calcutta 15-6, 15-1. Quarterfinal: Anil Kumar Rajasthan bt Satyavart Delhi 15-7, 15-7; Vijay CS Delhi bt Deepak Saxena Kanpur 4-15, 15-11, 15-7; KR Shiv Kumar Chennai bt Arun Pardesi MP 15-8, 15-8, 15-1; K Sundaram CS Delhi bt Suresh Sonewane Bombay 12-15, 15-5, 15-4.

Men doubles first round: Ravi Prasad and BK Soni MP bt Gaurav and P Reddy AP; Anil Kumar and Ravinder Kumar Singh Rajasthan w/o from Sunhit and Mustal Bhubaneshwar; Deepak Saxena and Salil Srivastava Kanpur bt BBLN Sharma bt Sanjeev UP 15-12, 15-12; Ravi Kumar and VS Uppin Bangalore bt BK Sharma and Preet Dev Roy 15-4, 15-3; Vivek and Surinder Haryana w/o from Rajinder and Chander HP; KP Singh and Uman Chopra bt Bharat Upadhaya and Sanjay Shah CS Delhi 15-4, 15-8; KR Shiva Kumar and R Srinivas Reddy Chennai bt Veer Bramchary and Janardhan Karnataka 15-7, 15-1. SR Kulkarni and SA Khuddas Maharashtra w/o from PD Roy and Vijay Kumar; KV Viju and Firoz Shah bt RN Shankar and Jasbir Sigh UP 15-3, 15-2; A Sundaram and AP Singh w/o from Jitender and Yadvinder HP; Sangota and SS Bhatacharya Calcutta bt Piyush and BS Jadan HP 15-11, 15-13; Kamlakar Rao and ML Prasad bt Raman and Didar Chandigarh 15-8, 15-9.

Men: Veteran singles pre-quarterfinal: Sushil Gupta Kanpur bt GR Sukumr Hyderabad 15-9, 15-1; KC Joseph Kerala bt CM Parek Mumbai 15-4, 15-1; RS Malik Haryana bt HK Sharma CS Delhi 15-14, 15-2; Pardeep Sharma MP bt P Bhaktankutty MP 15-3, 15-9; Rajnish Srivastava UP w/o from Basant K Bihar; Bhagar Ram Hyderabad bt AS Koocharekar 15-5, 15-3; Kanhaiya Lal Delhi bt L Kendandaraman Karnataka 15-5, 15-3. Quarterfinal: Pardeep Sharma MP bt Rajneesh Srivastava UP 15-12, 9-15, 17-16; Bhagat Ram Hyderabad bt Kanihya Lal Delhi 15-12, 15-6; Suresh Gupta Kanpur bt KC Joseph Kerala 15-3, 15-6; BB Pandey UP bt RS Malik Haryana 13-15, 15-10, 15-5.

Men: Veteran doubles quarterfinal: Hariharan and KC Joseph Kerala bt Rajneesh Srivastava and Hira Lal UP 15-7, 15-0; Satya Bhusan and Ventakeshwar AP bt VR Achuta Rao and L Konda Ram Karnataka 15-6, 15-5; HK Sharma and SK Gupta Delhi w/o from MS Bhogra and PG Karoop Gujarat; GR Sukumar and Bhagat Ram Hyderabad bt Pardeep and MP Solanki MP 15-4, 15-6.