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Nirmala stuns Appoorwa

HYDERABAD: P. Nirmala of LIC shocked reigning world champion S. Appoorwa 25-22, 25-16 in the women's singles final of the second Inter-institutional carrom tournament organised by Reserve Bank of India on it's premises here on Wednesday.

In the men's category, R.D. Dinesh Babu bagged a double winning the singles title defeating Syed Nayyar 25-20, 25-2 and later combining well with V. Anil Kumar clinched the doubles event too defeating Syed Nayyar and Benjamin Joel 22-25, 25-0, 25-10 in the final.

Dr. Deepali Pant Joshi, CGM, Reserve Bank of India, and Ms Sumita Dawra, Joint Commissioner of Enforcement & Commercial Taxes, AP, gave away the prizes.

The results:

Men's singles final: R.D. Dinesh Babu bt Syed Nayyar 25-20, 25-2.

Semifinals: R.D. Dinesh Babu bt D. Ravinder Goud 20-9, 25-S18; Syed Nayyar bt V.S.K. Naidu 25-0, 25-23.

Third place: V.S.K.Naidu bt D.Ravinder Goud 24-7, 23-10.

Doubles final: R.D. Dinesh Babu & V. Anil Kumar bt Syed Nayyar & Benjamin Joel 22-25, 25-0, 25-10.

Third place: V.S.K. Naidu & Y. Balasundar bt S. Ramesh & E. Ashok Kumar 25-1, 25-12.

Team championship: Semifinal: AG AP bt SOI 3-0 (R.D. Dinesh Babu bt A.V. Suresh 25-0, 25-1; V. Anil Kumar & John Roy 25-2, 25-0; D. Ravinder Goud & P.S. Uday Kumar bt K.V. Chary & Rafeeque Mehdi 25-4, 25-11).

Third place: Satyam Computers bt RBI 3-0 (Basil Phillips bt Y. Balasunder 24-5, 12-20, 25-9; S. Sagar bt S. Raghunath 25-1, 18-10; S. Ramesh & E. Ashok Kumar bt V.S.K. Naidu & D.N. Rao 25-0, 25-0).

Women's singles final: P. Nirmala bt S. Appoorwa 25-22, 25-16. Third place: D. Swarnalatha bt Preethi Asawa 25-0, 25-0.

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