Dubai: The Western Union UAE Open badminton championship at the India Club saw varied contests on Friday. In the boys' under-12 category, Ayan Joshi lost a game before putting it across Joel M. Dietschi 21-10, 19-21, 23-21.

The age group saw some tough contests elsewhere when Amal Pradeep came back after a first game loss (20-22) to wear down Rean Clive Fernandez in three sets.

In another match, Senthil Siva Balan Sethu overcame stiff challenge from Ajay Kumar Jyothish to win 17-21, 21-16, 23-21.

Results:

Girls Singles (Under-10 years ): Sara Sirajudheen w/o Uttara R. Nair; Ling Joelle bt Purvi Jain 21-6, 21-6; Megha bt Ayushi Mehta 21-10, 21-5; Sahitya Subramanian bt Ritika M. Tejusinghani 21-5, 21-9; Semi-final: Sahitya Subramanian bt Megha 21-18, 21-18.

Boys Singles (Under-10 ): Varun M. Sadhvani bt Pranav 21-6, 21-2; Angad Khaneja bt Anas 21-9, 21-12; V. K. Chidambaram bt Adrian Mathews 23-25, 23-21, 21-12; Atif Ahmad Ansari bt Neville A. Mathew 21-11, 21-9; Prakhar Gupta bt Rajat A. Kumar 21-15, 21-19; Aditya Ranganathan bt Sidhaanth R. Maitra 21-17, 21-16.

Girls Singles (Under-12 ): Prachi P. Shetty bt Sharanya S. Bharadwaj 21-6, 21-9; Muskaan Bhatia bt Abolee R. Diwate 21-6, 21-3; Shweta R. Bhatia w/o Rithika Shivkumar; Shubaani R. Maitra bt Nidhi Bolar 21-6, 21-4; Amanbani Kaur Nanda bt Astha Indra Borah 21-18, 21-7; Ira Sharma bt Sanjana Venkatesh 23-21, 21-13; Anjali Anoop bt Uttara R. Nair 21-19, 25-23.

Boys Singles (Under-12 ): Mohammad Zakir bt Varun M. Sadhvani 21-2, 21-2; Pratiyush Ramesh bt Aftab Haris 21-6, 21-11; Senthil Siva Balan Sethu bt Ajay Kumar Jyothish 17-21, 21-16, 23-21; Niketh Venkatesh bt Jay R. Khatanhar 21-8, 21-4; Kunal Ashok Masand w/o Mohammad Shahid; Suraj Subramanyam Bhat bt Aditya R. Singhal 21-8, 21-1; Ritwik bt Manish Aita 21-6, 21-8; Amal Pradeep bt Rean Clive Fernandes 20-22, 21-14, 21-14; Sachin Vinay bt Roshan Andrews 21-14, 21-11; Mohammad Muanis beat Naga Manish 21-2, 21-7; Kunal R. Lachhani bt Rubin Joseph Martin 14-21, 23-21, 21-7; Saksham Singh w/o Siddharth R. Nair & Bens Shibu; Bassim Faizas Eledath bt Nikhil Joy 21-8, 21-10; Rolvin W. Fernandes bt Shahzad A. Sameer 30-28, 21-16; Aftab Ahmad Ansari bt Joshua Yap 21-12, 21-15.