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It's Thomas vs Aneesh

KOCHI: Thomas Kurien (Ernakulam) will meet teammate K.A. Aneesh in the men's singles final of the 12th KRL all-Kerala badminton tournament here on Monday.

In the semifinals, Thomas Kurien breezed past Antony Klacob 15-3, 15-2.

K.A. Aneesh was made to work hard by Joy T. Antony before winning 15-13, 16-14.

Merit George will meet sister Miral George in the women's singles final.

Merit overcame P.C. Thulasi 11-2, 7-11, 11-2 while Miral defeated Nima Lakshmi 11-7, 11-6 in the semifinals.

The results:

Men's singles (semfinal): Thomas Kurien (Ekm) bt Antony K. Jacob (Ekm) 15-3, 15-2; K.A. Aneesh (Ekm) bt Joy T. Antony (Ekm) bt 15-3, 16-14.

Boys (under-19): singles (semifinals): Neeraj Raheman (Kzde) bt Sidharth Saboo (Kzde) 15-8, 15-8; Arjun Prasad (Kzde) bt Dileep T. Jacob (Ekm) 15-5, 15-6.

Doubles (semifinals): Arjun Prasad/Dileep T. Jacob bt Vyasan/Aswin Jacob 15-11, 15-8; Suraj/Bennet Antony bt Arjun/Sidharth Saboo 15-2, 9-15, 15-12.

Under-16: Singles (semifinals): Bennet Antony (Tsr) bt S. Arjun (Kzde) 13-15, 15-9, 15-5; Vinod Sankar (Ekm) bt Dileep T. Jacob (Ekm) 15-8, 15-11.

Doubles (semifinals): Bennet Antony/Vinod Sankar bt Pranoy/Anil Kishore 10-15, 15-2, 15-2; Vysan/Aswin Jacob bt Neeraj Raheman/Dileep T. Jacob 15-6, 15-8.

Under-13 singles (final): H.S. Pranoy (Tvm) bt Deepak Joseph (Kzde) 15-7, 15-2.

Doubles (final): Pranoy/Deepak Joseph bt Arun George/Pranav Satheesh 15-2, 15-2.

Women (singles): semifinals: Merit George (Tsr) bt P.C. Thulasi (Tsr) 11-2, 7-11, 11-2; Miral George (Tsr) bt Nima Lakshmi (Tsr) 11-7, 11-6.

Doubles (semifinals): Merit George/Miral George bt Edwina Antony/Samjida Majeeb 15-5, 15-9; Nima Lakshmi/P.C. Thulasi bt Parvathy Suresh/Mega Merin 15-5, 15-2.

Under-19 (semifinals): P.C. Thulasi (Tsr) bt Zina Raveendran (Tvm) 11-5, 11-3; Parvathy Suresh (Kzde) bt R. Sreeju (Klm) 4-11, 11-7, 11-8.

Under-16 (final): P.C. Thulasi (Tsr) bt Mega Merin Ninan (Ekm) 11-7, 11-4.

Doubles (semifinals): Priya Chandran/Nandita Krishnan bt Annie Cherian/P.C. Thulasi 15-13, 5-15, 15-9; Parvathy Suresh/Mega Merin Ninan bt Prija Chandran/Nandita 15-10, 15-8.

Under-13 (final): Daya Elsa Jacob (Ekm) bt P.S. Linimol (Ekm) 11-5, 11-5.

Doubles (final): Anjali Maria Sunil/Daya Elsa Jacob bt K. Anooja/P.S. Linimol 2-15, 15-5, 15-12.

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