Tiruchi: Aditya Elango and Gokulalakshmi, advanced to the men’s and women’s quarterfinals respectively of the senior State ranking badminton tournament here on Friday.

Results:

Men: Aditya Elango bt Shyam Muralidharan 21-9, 21-7; Ashok Kumar bt Geoffary 21-19, 21-7; Ashwin bt Lokesh Viswanathan 21-15, 21-19; Arun Kumar bt Vembarasan 21-9, 21-11; Suryaprakash bt Ashok 21-19, 21-13; Velavan bt Akilesh Kumar 21-10, 21-14; S.S. Kannan bt Naveen Prasad 21-17, 21-15; A.K. Sudharsan bt Mohamed Ameer 21-10, 21-12.

Women: Gokulalakshmi bt Rani 21-2, 21-3; Supraja bt Abinaya 21-7, 21-2; Merlin bt Sruthi 21-10, 21-10; Persis bt Sakthi Maheswari 21-11, 21-11; R. Janaki bt L. Suman 21-4, 21-2; Aswini Gandhimathi bt Swathi 21-16, 21-12; Bhavani Akshaya bt Sangavi 21-16, 21-13.

By Indian Sports News Network