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PUNE, Jan 2: Thomas Cupper and India number two Abhinn Shyam Gupta of Air-India and former National champion Manjusha Kanwar of Maharashtra have been given the place of pride in the Vth Late V.V Natu Memorial badminton championship which gets underway at the WIE Sports Complex, on Monday.
A total of 32 entries make up the main draw of the men’s singles event who would be joined by eight qualifiers.
Seedings
Mens Singles (32 Entries): 1. Abhinn Shyam Gupta (Air-India); 2. Shrikant Bakshi (Railways); 3. Sachin Ratti (Railways); 4. Mangrish Palekar (Railways).
Doubles (30 Entries): 1. George Thomas & Marcos Bristow (Kerala); 2. Ambrish Shinde (Railways) & Mayur Ghatnekar (Railways); 3. Jaison Xavier & Deepak Amarnath (Kerala); 4. Bhushan Akut (Maharashtra) & Shrikant Bakshi (Railways).
Women Singles: (17 entries): 1. Manjusha Kanwar (Maharashtra); 2. PVV Laxmi (Andhra Pradesh); 3. CH Deepti (Railways); 4. Nirmala Kotnis (Air-India).
Doubles (11 Entries): 1. Manjusha Kanwar (Maharashtra) &Archana Deodhar (Maharashtra); 2. PVV Laxmi & G Sharadha Reddy (Andhra Pradesh).
