Thursday, February 5, 2009

AP enters semifinals

VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra Pradesh entered the semifinals of the under-14 boys and girls’ events in the School Games Federation of India all-India badminton tournament at the Swarna Bharati indoor stadium here on Wednesday.

The results: Under-14 boys quarterfinals: AP bt Punjab 2-0. Pre-quarterfinals: Maharashtra bt Uttarakhand 2-0, TN bt Rajasthan 2-0, WB bt Chandigarh 2-0, Punjab bt Mizoram 2-0, AP bt Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan 2-1, Haryana bt Vidya Bharati 2-0, Assam bt Puducherry 2-0.
Under-14 girls’ quarterfinals: Gujarat bt Karnataka 2-0, AP bt Rajasthan 2-0. Pre-quarterfinals: Maharashtra bt KVS 2-1, Kerala bt Mizoram 2-0, Delhi bt TN 2-0, AP bt Goa 2-0, Rajasthan w/o Orissa, Gujarat bt Assam 2-0, Karnataka bt MP 2-0.


Boys under-19 pre-quarterfinals: AP bt UP 2-0, West Bengal bt Goa 2-0, Gujarat bt Vidya Bharati 2-0, Kerala bt Maharashtra 2-0, KVS bt Punjab 2-0. Earlier rounds: MP bt J & K 2-0, Rajasthan bt Puducherry 2-0; TN w/o Jharkhand.


Under-17 pre-quarterfinals: Haryana bt West Bengal 2-0, Bihar bt Puducherry 2-0, Mizoram bt Orissa 2-0. Earlier rounds: Gujarat bt Goa 2-0, Maharashtra bt HP 2-0, Delhi bt Rajasthan 2-0, Kerala w/o Jharkhand, Manipur bt Chandigarh 2-0, Karnataka bt J and K 2-0.
 
Girls under-19 pre-quarterfinals: Tamil Nadu bt Gujarat 2-0, Maharashtra bt Uttarakhand 2-0, Delhi w/o Bihar, Assam bt Chhattisgarh 2-0, Haryana bt MP 2-0. Earlier rounds: AP bt HP 2-0, Vidya Bharati w/o Jharkhand, KVS bt Goa 2-0.


Under-17 pre-quarterfinals: Kerala bt Punjab 2-0, Maharashtra bt Punjab 2-0, Kerala bt Punjab 2-0, HP bt Goa 2-0, Karnataka bt Assam 2-0. Earlier rounds: Uttarakhand w/o Tripura, WB bt UP 2-1, TN bt Mizoram 2-0, Gujarat bt Bihar 2-0.