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Rohit Ranaut, Mohita Sahdev win titles

NEW DELHI: Rohit Ranaut’s juggernaut rolled to its logical end when he toppled top seed Davinder Dhillon with consummate ease to claim the men’s singles title of the Delhi State badminton championship at the Karnail Singh Stadium here on Tuesday.

Ranaut, who upset second seed Tanveer Gill in the semifinals, coasted to a 21-10, 21-14 ictory.

The third seeded Ranaut raced away to a 9-1 lead in the first game and put the finishing touches to the 30-minute mismatch by winning the last seven points on the trot.

The ladies title went to favourite Mohita Sahdev. The top seed staved off a stiff challenge in the first game from Akansha Nehra before winning 21-19, 21-11. Like Ranaut, Mohita, too, claimed the last seven points of the match.

Akansha had the consolation of claiming the girls’ under-19 title at the expense of Priyanka Arya.

After easily winning the first game at 11, Akansha narrowly trailed Priyanka for the better part of the second game before settling the issue at 21-18.

The boys’ under-19 title went to fourth seed Kaustav Das who surprised favourite Abhishek Ahlawat 21-17, 22-20 after saving a game-point in the second game.

The results (finals):

Men’s singles: Rohit Ranaut (SAI) bt Davinder Dhillon (FCI) 21-10, 21-14.

Doubles: Davinder Dhillon (FCI) and Pravin Gehlawat (OIL) bt Manmeet Singh (P&T) and Arul Sundaram (CAG) 21-16, 21-10.

Junior boys singles (Under-19): Kaustav Das (SAI) bt Abhishek Ahlawat (SAI) 21-11, 22-20.

Doubles: Abhishek Ahlawat and Rishabh Talreja (SAI) bt Kaustav Das and Vishal Sethi (SAI) 21-12, 18-21, 21-11.

Sub-junior boys singles (Under-16): Ashish Sharma (LC) bt Bhaskar Chakraborthy (SAI) 21-10, 22-20.

Doubles: Jayank Ahuja and Vikas Kumar (SAI) bt Trinayan Lahkar and Abhilash Sharma (SAI) 21-15, 21-14.

Boys singles (Under-13): Yash Nain (LC) bt Rayan Rodridges (SF) 21-11, 21-16.

Doubles: Yash Nain and Snehal Bedi (LC) bt Yasharth and Rayan Rodridges (SF) 21-8, 21-15.

Boys singles (under-10): Arinjay Bisht (ASN) bt Sidhant Chopra (IG) 21-6, 21-7.

Women’s singles: Mohita Sahdev (IP) bt Akansha Nehra (SAI) 21-19, 21-11; Doubles: Meenakshi Nair and Gauri Chopra (IP) bt Mohita Sahdev and Saloni Chopra (IP) 21-8, 21-16.

Junior girls singles (under-19): Akansha Nehra (SAI) bt Priyanka Arya (SAI) 21-11, 21-18; Doubles: Akansha Nehra and Shreya Aggarwal (SAI) bt Saloni Chopra (IP) and Priyanka Arya (SAI) 21-19, 21-19.

Sub-junior girls singles (under-16): Nidhi Tiwari (LC) bt Shreya Aggarwal (SAI) 21-16, 21-13;

Girls singles (under-13): Yamini Kulesh (LC) bt Tanima Narang (AIIMS) 14-21, 23-21, 21-7; Doubles: Yamini Kulesh and Gauri Asija (LC) bt Rageswari Mehra and Kanika Kanwal (ASN) 21-12, 21-6.

Girls singles (under-10): Kanika Kanwal (ASN) bt Diana Baruah (SAI) 21-5, 21-7.

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