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Double for Archana

Coimbatore: S. Archana of Vidya Niketan wrested the under-19 and women’s singles titles in the United India Insurance district-ranking badminton tournament here on Sunday. In the under-19 segment, she bounced back from a deficit of one game to defeat R. Hamsica of PSG College of Arts and Science 17-21, 21-18, 21-10. Later, she toppled the same opponent 13-21, 21-17, 21-11 to complete a double.

The results (all finals): Singles: Boys: U-10: P.T. Harshath (VN) bt K.M. Rahul (OC) 21-9, 21-9. U-13: P.T. Harshath bt R. Soundarajan (VN) 21-7, 21-14. U-16: Dharani (Stanes) bt Arun Brun 21-12, 21-5. U-19: S.C. Aditya (AKYBC) bt Dharani Vasudevan (Stanes) 21-11, 21-16. Men: Naveen Prasad (AKYBC) bt N. Gopinath (AKYBC) 21-18, 9-21, 21-19. Above-45: Shanmugam (TRP) bt Balasubramanian (Pol) 21-17, 17-21, 21-16.

Girls: U-10: Ria Yukta (Stanes) bt G. Shuddi (Stanes). U-13: Aditi Anand (Stanes) bt Rashmi Babu (Sishu) 22-20, 15-21, 21-16. U-16: K. Sangavi (Kikani) bt Rashmi 21-19, 21-17. U-19: S. Archana (VN) bt R. Hamsica (PSG CAS) 17-21, 21-18, 21-10.

Doubles: Boys: U-10: P.T. Harshath & Vijay Vardan bt K.M. Rahul & Sudarshan (OC) 21-15, 21-8. U-13: P. Soundarajan & Ram Kishore bt P.T. Harshath & Lokesh 21-17, 22-20. U-16: Dharani & Nikil Kamath (Stanes) bt Arun Brun & Soundarajan 21-6, 21-18. U-19: S.C. Aditya & Dharani Vasudevan bt G. Sarath & V. Cibi 21-13, 21-19. Men: N. Gopinath & Varun Anand (AKYBC) bt Naveen Prasad & S.C. Aditya (AKYBC) 21-17, 18-21, 21-17. Above-40: Vijayragavan & Shanmugam bt Bharat & Venkatraman 17-21, 21-11, 21-13. Above-45: Ravi & Shanmugam (TRP) bt Balasubramaniam & Nachimuthu (Pol) 21-15, 21-15.

Girls: U-13: Rashmi & Sneha bt Aditi & K.A. Vikasini 21-7, 21-19. U-16: K. Sangavi & Amritha bt Rashmi & Sneha 21-16, 21-13. U-19: K. Vidya & Hamsica bt Sangavi & Pooja 21-16, 21-10. Women: Archana bt Hamsica 13-21, 21-17, 21-11.

Aslam scalps five

A. Aslam Sher Khan picked up five for 25 in Jolly Rovers CC’s 20-run win over Coimbatore Raiders in the Canara Bank-CDCA first division cricket league for the Pricol Trophy on Sunday.

The scores: Jolly Rovers CC 131 in 43 overs (A. Aslam Sher Khan five for 25) bt Coimbatore Raiders 111 in 34.5 (Kasiram four for 32); Sri Ramakrishna CT 128 in 49.3 overs lost to Rainbow CC 129 for nine in 32 overs; Sri Ramakrishna Mills SC 121 in 35.4 overs (Huzefa M. Patil 41, Sivakumar four for 29) lost to Cosmo Village SA 123 for six in 30.5 overs; Arumugam CC 94 in 22.1 overs lost to RKS CA 95 for two in 14.2 overs; R.K.S. Kalvi Nilayam ICC 245 in 49.5 overs (Mahesh 65, Rajaram 55, Arun Thomas 47) bt Red Diamonds CC 67 in 19 overs (Mohanraj five for 11 including a hat-trick).

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