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Ernakulam rides on Daya's form

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KOCHI: Daya Elsa Jacob was the star of the day as Ernakulam defeated Kozhikode 2-0 and retained the girls' under-16 inter-district title in the MAK Lubricants Kerala State sub-junior badminton championship at the Rajiv Gandhi indoor stadium here on Saturday evening.

Daya, the 13-year-old daughter of former State star Suresh Thomas, pulled off a big surprise by jolting Kozhikode's Parvathy Suresh, the sub-junior singles second seed, in the opener.

Parvathy won the opening game and led 9-4 in the second. But Daya bounced back splendidly, attacking the corners, and sewed up the match.

The rest was easy for Ernakulam.

Vishnu Prasad helped Kozhikode keep the boys' title. Kozhikode defeated Thiruvananthapuram 2-0 in the final.

The results (inter-district championship):

Under-16 boys' final: Kozhikode bt Thiruvananthapuram 2-0 (Vishnu Prasad bt Tobie Mathew 21-14, 18-9 retd; Vishnu Prasad & M. Sridhin bt H.S. Prannoy & Madhav 22-20, 21-19).

Semifinals: Kozhikode bt Ernakulam 2-0 (Sridhin bt Jayakrishnan M. Kaimal 21-13, 24-22; Vishnu Prasad & Neeraj Rehman bt Jayakrishnan & K.R. Sreejith 21-16, 21-16); Thiruvananthapuram bt Thrissur 2-0 (H.S. Prannoy bt Midhun Haridas 21-16, 21-16; Prannoy & Muraleekrishna bt Mingle George & N.R. Renjith 21-18, 22-20).

Girls' final: Ernakulam bt Kozhikode 2-0 (Daya Elsa Jacob bt Parvathy Suresh 16-21, 21-14, 21-19; Daya Elsa & Megha Merin Ninan bt Parvathy Suresh & K. Anoosha 21-8, 21-15).

Semifinals: Ernakulam bt Alappuzha 2-0 (Megha Merin Ninan bt S. Renjini 21-6, 21-4.

Megha Merin & Daya Elsa Jacob bt Renjini & Tisha Tomy 21-3, 21-17); Kozhikode bt Thiruvananthapuram 2-0 (Parvathy Suresh bt Neethu Ninan 21-15, 21-8; Parvathy & K. Anoosha bt Prija

Chandran & Nandita Krishna 21-17, 23-21).

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