Craston, Siraj advance in under-12s

Dubai: Sarah Siraj defeated Swetha Sreenivas 21-9, 21-11 in the girls' under-12 singles of the India Club Western Union UAE Open badminton being held at the India Club. In the boys' Under-12 event, Stefan Craston defeated Abhishek Dinesh 21-7, 21-13 while Amal Pradeep trounced Raj Sanker Tempie 21-1, 21-1.

Results:

Girls' under-12 singles

Sarah Siraj bt Swetha V. Sreenivas 21-9, 21-11, Tanisha Crasto bt Thaniya Attavar 21-5, 21-4, Shreya Shailesh Hegde bt Sanuja Sanil 21-10, 21-6, Evana Elsa Bose bt Amal Saidudheen 21-7, 21-4, Evana Elsa Bose bt Smriti Lakhotia 21-6, 21-3, Tanish Crasto bt Meher Sebastian 21-9, 21-8, Thaniya Attauar bt Sonali Rathore 21-12, 21-14, Smriti bt Jiya Lachwani 25-23, 21-11

Boys' under-12 singles:

Stefan G. Crasto bt Abhishek Dinesh 21-7, 21-13, Abhishek Vinod Kumar bt Nachiret Gharpure 19-21, 21-11, 21-5, Amal Pradeep bt Raj Sanker Tempie 21-2, 21-1, Atul Krishna Rasi bt Anas Sainudheen 21-16, 21-23, 21-18, Vaisakh Vineethan bt Rushil Kiran 21-15, 21-14, Saumitra Vijay Deo bt Swaran Krishna 21-8, 21-14, Vethand Vedand bt Kabir Singh Randhawa 18-21, 21-14, 21-8, Rajat Ajay Kumar bt Adarsh Dinesh Nair 21-11, 21-10, Ravikrishna Sajayan bt Ronit Lachwani 21-4, 21-4, Naveen Pillai bt Ajinkya R. Gokhale 21-10, 21-12, Athul Dileep Kumar bt Sidhaanth Dev Maitra 21-13, 21-9, Nolan Daniel Lobo bt Rahul Mehta 21-11, 22-24, 21-8, Adrian Mathews bt Rohit K. Rajeevan 21-9, 21-5

Girls' under-16 singles:

Sharanya Bharadwaj bt Anushra Ghosal 21-12, 21-5, Anjana Urath bt Basheera Kunnil 21-17, 21-10, Sarah Siraj bt Arshaya Ramesh 21-15, 21-11, Neha Roby bt Oeinderila Das 23-21, 21-11, Sanjana R. Shetty bt Diti A. Khatlawala 21-2, 21-1.