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Himanshu and Mohita take the honours

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NEW DELHI: Just when Rudra Kaushik was fancying his chances of taking the men’s final into the deciding game, Himanshu Kharbanda stepped on the accelerator and raced away with the last four points for a 21-15, 21-18 victory in the J.D. Tytler memorial badminton tournament here on Tuesday.

In hot and humid conditions at the Karnail Singh Stadium badminton hall, Kharbanda rallied from 8-11 in the second game, caught up with Kaushik at 16 before breaking away at 18 for the title in 35 minutes.

The ladies final proved to be one-sided with top seed Mohita Sahdev despatching Gauri Chopra 21-5, 21-11 in quick time.

Exciting match

In the most exciting final of the day, Priyanka Arya saved two game points to stop Saloni Chopra 21-14, 22-20 on way to the girls’ under-19 title.

The boys’ under-19 final, too, witnessed a close second game with Abhishek Ahlawat rallying to win the last four points against Kaustav Das for a 21-17, 21-18 victory.

Yash Nain (boys’ under-13), Yamini Kulesh (girls’ under-13), Nidhi Tiwari (girls’ under- 16) won double crowns.

The results (finals):

Men:

Singles: Himanshu Kharbanda bt Rudra Kaushik 21-15, 21-18.

Doubles: Davinder Dhillon & Himanshu Kharbanda bt Abhishek Ahlawat & Nitin Mahiwal 15-21, 21-16, 21-19.

Boys under-19:

Singles: Abhishek Ahlawat bt Kaustav Das 21-17, 21-18.

Doubles: Bharat Bajaj & Gauranshu Chopra bt Harshvardhan Bisht & Bhaskar Chakraborty 16-21, 21-12, 21-15.

Boys under-16:

Singles: Bhaskar Chakraborty bt Jayank Ahuja 21-11, 21-12.

Doubles: Harshvardhan Bisht & Bhaskar Chakraborty bt Ashish Sharma & Gagan Sharma 21-17, 21-8.

Boys under-13:

Singles: Yash Nain bt Rayan Rodriques 21-14, 13-21, 21-14. Doubles: Yash Nain & Arif Khan bt Keran Suri & Karan Suri 21-17, 21-16.

Boys under-10: Singles: Yohaan Abraham bt Arinjay Bisht 19-21, 21-15, 21-4.

Women:

Singles: Mohita Sahdev bt Gauri Chopra 21-5, 21-11.

Doubles: Gauri Chopra & Meenakshi bt Mohita Sahdev & Saloni Chopra 21-11, 21-19.

Girls under-19: Singles: Priyanka Arya bt Saloni Chopra 21-14, 22-20.

Girls under-16:

Singles: Nidhi Tiwari bt Shreya Aggarwal 21-16, 21-17.

Doubles: Nidhi Tiwari & Shambhavi Bajaj bt Seema Chugh & Garishma Anand 21-18, 21-16.

Girls under-13:

Singles: Yamini Kulesh bt Tanima Narang 21-7, 21-13.

Doubles: Yamini Kulesh & Rajni bt Noor Chatwal & Sanjana Sinha 13-21, 21-18, 22-20.

Girls under-10: Singles: Kanika Kanwal bt Diana Baruah 21-5, 21-11.

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