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Shamita clinches under-10 title

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Shamita stunned top seed Sherina in semifinals

Harsath took the boys’ title


Coimbatore: S. Shamita Devi of Virudhunagar got past Ramya of Cuddalore 21-18, 21-10 to win the under-10 girls’ singles title in the Aircel-Tamil Nadu State-ranking junior badminton tournament at the DéjÀ vu Club courts here on Friday.

In the semifinals, Shamita pulled off a surprising 21-9, 21-13 win over top seed Adlin Sherina.

Easy path

Ramya, on the other hand, had an easy path to the final as Nila Valluvan of Kanyakumari conceded quite early in the first set.

P.T. Harsath brought some cheers to the home crowd, defeating S.C.S Pranav of Erode 21-7, 21-9 for the boys’ title.

Other results:

Semifinals: Singles:

Girls: U-13: Rashmi S. Babu (Cbe) bt S. Shruthi (Chn) 22-20, 21-12; M. Roshini (Chn) bt Aditi Anand (Cbe) 21-16, 21-14.

U-16: V.K. Rajapriya (Vrd) bt I. Gokulalakshmi (Vrd) 21-9, 21-13; Kanthi Visalakshi (Che) bt N. Roshini (Che) 21-13, 21-13.

U-19: S. Archana (Cbe) bt K. Suneri 21-12, 21-15; Darshini (Vrd) bt G. Amrin Mubarak (Vlr) 21-14, 21-14.

Doubles: U-10: Adlin & Shuddi (Cbe) bt Rithika & Sri Nethra (Cbe) 21-8, 21-7; Selva Swastika & Ria Yukta w/o. Nilla Vallvan & Ramya.

U-13: Aditi Anand & M. Roshini bt Divya Parekh & Ramya Thulasi 21-5, 21-10; Sneha Kamath & Afrin Fathima bt Sadana & Shruti 26-24, 21-14.

U-16: Merlyn Rachel & P.L. Swarnam bt Aditi Anand & M. Roshini 21-11, 21-14; Gohulalakshmi & Sangavi bt Amrita & Rashmi S. Babu 21-15, 21-23, 21-12.

U-19: S. Darshini & K. Suneri bt K. Vidya & Sangavi 21-10, 21-15; S. Archana & Kanti Visalakshi bt Amrin Mubarak & Archana Devi 21-18, 14-21, 21-19.

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