Bakshi, Trupti emerge champs

BANGALORE, JAN 16: Abhishek Bakshi and Trupti Murgunde, both of Air India, won the boys' and girls' under-19 singles titles in the Union B...

BANGALORE, JAN 16: Abhishek Bakshi and Trupti Murgunde, both of Air India, won the boys’ and girls’ under-19 singles titles in the Union Bank All-India Junior and Mini Ranking Badminton Tournament here on Sunday.

Bakshi beat statemate Anup Sridhar 15-4, 15-2, while Trupti sailed past another Air-India’s Tanmoyee Nandi 11-8, 11-2.

RESULTS

Under-19 boys’ singles (final): Abhishek Bakshi (A-I) bt Anup Sridhar (Kar) 15-4, 15-2. Doubles (final): V Diju (Ker)/Prithvi A (AP) bt A Bakshi/Anup Sridhar 15-6, 11-15, 15-13. Under-16 boys’ singles (final): Ajith Phatak (Mah) bt Rohan Castelino (Kar) 11-15, 17-15, 15-9. Doubles (final): Ajith Phatak/Sagar Chopra (Mah) bt Utsav Prakash/Rohan Castellino (Kar) 15-2, 15-7. Under-13 boys’ singles (final): Rohith Sadani (Mah) bt Ajay Jairam (Mah) 15-8, 15-4. Doubles (final): Ajay Jairam/Rohit Sadani (Mah) bt R Niranajandev/K Abhinand 15-1, 15-5.

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Under-19 girls’ singles (final): Trupti Murgunde (A-I) bt Tanmoyee Nandi (A-I) 11-8, 11-2; Doubles (final): GJwala/Shruthi Kurien (AP) bt Trupti Murgunde/Tanmoyee Nandi (A-I) 15-3, 15-9. Under-16 girls’ singles (final): Krishna Deka Raja (Asm) bt Saritha MV (Kar) 13-10, 11-1; Doubles (final): Saritha MV/Shalini P (Kar) bt Krishna Deka Raja/Abhantika Deka (Assam) 15-2, 15-7.

Under-13 girls’ singles (final): Sayali Gokhale (Mah) bt Shubratha YK (Kar) 11-2, 11-0; Doubles (final): Shubratha YK/Madhuri Vijay (Kar) bt Sayali Gokhale/Neha Pandit (Mah) 11-15, 15-10, 15-11.

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