NEW DELHI, June 23: Nitin Suman scored a hard-fought 15-7, 7-15, 15-9 in the boys singles under 19 second round of the Delhi State Junior Badminton Tournament at the I.G.Stadium here today.In another match Arun Grover took the measure of Gagan Arora 15-3, 15-4 in a match in which Arun had the upper hand right through. Hemant Duggal too had an easy 15-1, 15-1 victory over Kapil Vashisht. Sandeeep Kaushik moved into the semi-final of the boys singles under 16 section defeating Manish Rawat 15-0, 15-5.
The Results: Boys Singles under-19 (2nd round): Arun Grover bt Gagan Arora 15-3, 15-4; Nitin Suman bt Tanveer Gill 15-7, 7-15, 15-9; Hemant Duggal bt Kapil Vashisht 15-1, 15-1; Manik Sehgal bt Ashish Mishra 15-4, 15-6; Manmeet Singh bt Akash singh 15-6, 15-7.
Boys singles under-16 (2nd round): Manish Rawat bt Amit Gupta 15-9, 15-11; Puneet bt Himanshu Kharbanda 15-7, 15-2; Sidharth Gulati bt Amit Kumar 15-7, 15-5; Rajiv Bajaj bt Rishi Jain 15-7, 15-9.
Girls singles under-16 (quarterfinals): Sharda Chabra bt Parul Rawat 12-11, 11-4; Renu Aswal bt Sujata 11-0, 11-0; Deepti Ranjan bt Rashin Luthra 11-2, 11-3; Diva Arora bt Neha Dua 11-3, 11-2.
Boys singles under-16 (quarterfinal): Sandeep Kaushik bt Manish Rawat 15-0, 15-5.
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