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Anand, Gupta enter semis

April 03, 2004 23:44 IST

National champion Chetan Anand and Abhinn Shyam Gupta won their respective matches with ease to enter the semi finals of the badminton individual event in the ninth SAF Games�in Islamabad�on Saturday.

Abhinn defeated Pashupati Paneru of Nepal 15-4, 15-3 while Anand knocked out Balram Thapa of the same country 15-2, 15-5.

Other results:

Men's (quarterfinals): UDRP Kumara (Sri Lanka) bt WMd Mostafa Jabed (Bangladesh) 17-15, 15-10; Wajid Ali Chaudhary (Pakistan) bt Niluka Karunaratne (Sri Lanka) 15-7, 17-16.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Rupesh Kumar/ Markose Bristow (India) bt Enayetullah Khan/ Khonder Mokter Hossain (Bangladesh) 15-3, 15-8; Duminda Jayakody/ Thushara E (Sri Lanka) bt Mir Tahir Ishaq/ Waqas Muhammad (Pakistan) 15-4, 15-11; Omar Zeeshan/ Rizwan Rana (Pakistan) bt N Karunaratne/ D Chamira (Sri Lanka) 15-2, 15-10; Jaseel Ismail/ J B S Vidyadhar (India) bt Mahbubur/ Mustafa Javed (Bangladesh) 15-7, 17-15.

Women's doubles (quarterfinals): Jwala Gutta/ Shruti Kurien (India) bt Samjha K/ Bina T (Nepal) 15-0, 15-4; Asma Butt/ Uzma Butt (Pak) bt Rasangi Kalpana/ Nadeesha Gayanthi (Sri Lanka) 7-15, 15-12, 15-6; Renu Chandrika/ Pamisha Dishanth (Sri Lanka) bt Aisha Akram/ Saima Manzoor (Pakistan) 15-4, 15-2; Fathima Nazeen/ Manjusha Kanwar (India) bt Sumina S/ Rajni J (Nepal) 15-5, 15-1.

Mixed doubles (quarterfinals): Jaseel P Ismail/ Jwala Gutta bt Kiran Thapa/ Rajni Joshi 15-1, 15-1; Mirza Ali Beg/ S Manzoor (Pak) bt Chamira K/ Pamisha D (Sri Lanka) 15-13, 15-9; Tushara E/ R Chandrika (Sri Lanka) bt Ashraf D/ Uzma Butt (Pakistan) 15-4, 15-8; Markose Bristow/ Manjusha Kanwar bt Pasupati P/ Sumina S (Nepal) 15-0, 15-4.



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