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Double for Kozhikode

KOZHIKODE: Host Kozhikode scored a double with great ease in the State junior inter-district badminton championship at the V.K. Krishna Menon Indoor Stadium here on Wednesday.

In the one-sided finals, both of which were decided by 2-0 margins, the boys beat Ernakulam while the girls defeated Kannur.

In singles final, Arun Vishnu beat Sankar Gopan 15-5, 15-8 and then joined hands with Ram C. Vijay — a combination which is making waves at the National level — to defeat the Ernakulam pair of Sankar Gopan and Allwin Francis 15-7, 17-15 in the doubles.

In the girls' final, Kozhikode didn't concede a single point. In the singles, Parvathi Suresh made short work of Aswathi 11-0, 11-0, while M. Sruthi and Annie Cheriyan crushed Aswathi and Lidina 15-0, 15-0 in the doubles.

The results: Boys (final): Kozhikode bt Ernakulam 2-0 (Arun Vishnu bt Sankar Gopan 15-5, 15-8; Arun Vishnu & Ram C. Vijay bt Sankar Gopan & Allwin Francis 15-7, 17-15).

Semifinals: Kozhikode bt Kollam 2-0 (Neeraj Rahman bt Vineeth Krishnan 15-1, 15-2; Arun Vishnu & Ram C. Vijay bt Vineeth Krishnan & Jayesh 15-6, 15-3). Ernakulam bt Thrissur 2-0 (Allwin Francis bt P.H. Sooraj 17-15, 15-2; Allwin Francis & Sankar Gopan bt P.H. Sooraj & Bennet Antony 13-15, 15-8, 15-9).

Girls (final): Kozhikode bt Kannur 2-0 (Parvathi Suresh bt Aswathi 11-0, 11-0; M. Sruthi & Annie Cheriyan bt Aswathi & Lidina 15-0, 15-0). Semifinals: Kozhikode bt Kollam 2-0 (M. Sruthi bt R. Sreeju 11-9, 11-1; M. Sruthi & Parvathi Suresh bt R. Sreeju & R. Jeena 15-1, 15-1). — Principal Correspondent

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