VIJAYAWADA: Sai Praneeth and Ruthvika Shivani emerged as the new men's and women's singles national champions in contrasting styles at the Air Costa 79th Senior National Badminton Championship here on Thursday.
While Sai wriggled past Sameer Verma after a nailbiting contest 19-21, 21-15, 22-20, Ruthvika registered a dominant victory against her training partner Rituparna Das 21-13, 21-13.
Siki Reddy and Pradnya Gadre, who beat Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa in the team event here, are the new national women's doubles champions. The duo defeated Prajakta Sawant and Aparna Balan in the summit clash 21-12, 16-21, 21-18. However, Aparna and her partner Arun Vishnu clinched the mixed title with a 21-16, 11-21, 21-15 victory over Siki and Tarun Kona. Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy lifted the men's doubles title with a 1721, 21-13, 21-17 victory over Akshay Dewalkar and Pranaav Chopra. Sai, whose biggest achievement so far was beating legendary shuttler Taufik Hidayat in the latter's last international match, wriggled out in the last minute to beat Sameer.The training partners enthralled the crowd with some stunning rallies, ferocious exchanges and breathtaking drops.
Sai, who had lost to Sameer in the team event, was beaten by latter's brother Saurabh in 2012 edition's finals. He got his rhythm going in the second game. After securing a lead of 11-7 at the break, Sai widened it to 18-12 before closing the issue at 21-15. However, it was the decider the duo dished out electrifying entertainment to the fans making it the best match of the tournament.
Sai Praneeth (pic)
Siki Reddy and Pradnya Gadre, who beat Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa in the team event here, are the new national women's doubles champions. The duo defeated Prajakta Sawant and Aparna Balan in the summit clash 21-12, 16-21, 21-18. However, Aparna and her partner Arun Vishnu clinched the mixed title with a 21-16, 11-21, 21-15 victory over Siki and Tarun Kona. Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy lifted the men's doubles title with a 1721, 21-13, 21-17 victory over Akshay Dewalkar and Pranaav Chopra. Sai, whose biggest achievement so far was beating legendary shuttler Taufik Hidayat in the latter's last international match, wriggled out in the last minute to beat Sameer.The training partners enthralled the crowd with some stunning rallies, ferocious exchanges and breathtaking drops.
Sai, who had lost to Sameer in the team event, was beaten by latter's brother Saurabh in 2012 edition's finals. He got his rhythm going in the second game. After securing a lead of 11-7 at the break, Sai widened it to 18-12 before closing the issue at 21-15. However, it was the decider the duo dished out electrifying entertainment to the fans making it the best match of the tournament.
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