SGGS shuttlers shine

Sri Guru Gobind Singh College claimed the Panjab University Badminton (Men) Championship by beating Panjab University Campus by 3-1 in the final played at the PU Gymnasium Hall on Monday.

Saurav opened the lead for SGGS when he defeated Sunil 21-8,21-19. International player Oscar Bansal restored parity for PU Campus by outplaying Aman 21-4,21-11. Later,Saurav and Deepak prevailed over the PU Campus pair of Oscar Bansal and Sunil to win the match by 23-21,21-10. In the singles category,Deepak accounted for Navjot by 21-9,21-11 to give their team title. Meanwhile,PU Campus,Chandigarh,DAV College,Chandigarh and PG Government College,Sector 11,Chandigarh got second,third and fourth positions,respectively.

Results

(semi-finals): SGGS College,Chandigarh bt PG GC Sector-11 3-0,P.U. Campus bt DAV College 3-0.

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For third and fourth places: DAV College,Chandigarh bt PG GC Sector-11,3-1 (Raman bt Anil 21-5,21-14,Vishal lost to Ravi 19-21,19-21,Raman & Vishal bt Ravi & J agjeet 21-11,21-11,Vishal bt Jagjit 21-9,21-12).

Final: SGGS College bt P.U. Campus 3-1 (Saurav bt Sunil 21-8,21-19,Aman lost to Oscar Bansal 4-21,11-21,Saurav & Deepak bt Oscar & Sunil 23-21,21-10,Deepak bt Navjot 21-9,21-11).

Women: Quarter-finals: P.U. Campus bt PG GC Sector-11 2-0,DAV College bt GGS College (W) 2-0,GN Girls College,Ludhiana bt A.S.College (W),Khanna 2-0,MCM DAV College bt SGHRS (W),Chabbewal 2-0.