Anand rattles Sachin Ratti

Hyderabad, Dec 4: Amid a series of lop-sided encounters, two ties stood out on the inaugural day of the four-day Indian Oil Servo Asian Sa...

Hyderabad, Dec 4: Amid a series of lop-sided encounters, two ties stood out on the inaugural day of the four-day Indian Oil Servo Asian Satellite badminton tournament at here today.

One saw the exit of the second seed Sachin Ratti in the second round while the other ended on a sad note when Vijay Lancy had to leave the court limping after he twisted his left ankle, after keeping Ajit Wijetilak 85 minutes on court.

Ratti lost to Chetan Anand 12-15, 8-15.

RESULTS :

Men singles (2nd round): P Gopi Chand (India) w/o Ahmed Riyaz (Maldives);

Siddharth Jain (Ind) bt JBS Vidyadhar 15-11, 15-7; Anuj Gupta (Ind) bt Edirisinge Thushari (Sri Lanka) 15-6, 15-2; Rajeev Bagga (Ind) bt Adbulla Shaeeb (Maldives) 15-1, 15-8; Thomas Kurien (Ind) bt Abhishiek Bakshi (Ind) 15-9, 15-2; Joy Antony (Ind) bt Mahbubur Rab (Bangladesh) 15-6, 15-7; Ajit Wijetilak (Ind) bt Vijay Lancy (Ind) 12-15, 15-8, 8-7 (conceded); Chetan Anand (Ind) bt Sachin Ratti (Ind) 15-12, 15-8.

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Men doubles: Anuj Gupta/Thomas Kurien (Ind) bt Mahbubar Rab/ Rasel Kabir Sumon (Maldives) 15-6, 15-6; JBS Vidyadhar/P Manoj Kumar (Ind) bt Abdulla Shaeeb/Ahmed Riyaz (Maldives) 15-3, 15-5; Ranasinge/Gunaratne (Sri Lanka) w/o Vijay Lancy/ Akut Bhushan (India).

Women: Ketki Thakkar (India) bt Sampada Shetye (India) 11-8, 11-7.