Chirag, Anmol bag singles titles; Suraj, Pruthvi clinch Men’s Doubles title
Young rising women’s singles shuttler Anmol Kharb, who is only 16, put up an outstanding performance to win the national title as she defeated Punjab’s Tanvi Sharma, with a stunning 15-21, 21-17, 16-8 (retired) win in the women’s singles final at the Yonex-Sunrise 85th Senior National Badminton Championships 2023 in Guwahati on Sunday.
GUWAHATI: Young rising women’s singles shuttler Anmol Kharb, who is only 16, put up an outstanding performance to win the national title as she defeated Punjab’s Tanvi Sharma, with a stunning 15-21, 21-17, 16-8 (retired) win in the women’s singles final at the Yonex-Sunrise 85th Senior National Badminton Championships 2023 in Guwahati on Sunday.
Suraj Goala brought laurel for Assam by winning the men’s doubles title pairing with Pruthvi Roy (Karnataka).
In women’s singles title clash, which lasted almost an hour, Tanvi, who turned 15, was a game ahead against Haryana shuttler after the first game. Though, that didn’t faze India No. 1 in U-19 and U-17 BAI rankings, Anmol’s confidence as she used angles on court very well, along with her excellent court coverage to make her mark in next two games. Already trailing 8-16 in decider, Tanvi complained about injury to the match officials as Anmol was eventually declared the winner.
Meanwhile men’s singles title clash was an upset as unseeded Chirag Sen secured the national title after defeating fourth seeded Tharun M of Telangana 21-14, 13-21, 21-9. India No. 2 in BAI rankings Tharun turned the course of the match in his favour in second game, after conceding the first one. But Chirag made fantastic comeback in decider, with clever strokes at right moments to stamp his authority.
In mixed doubles summit clash, recently crowned Yonex-Sunrise Odisha Masters 2023 champions Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto dominated the match from the start. They comfortably defeated sixth seeded duo of Nitin Kumar-Navdha Manglam 21-13, 21-8 in 25 minutes to race towards their maiden national title.
While Priya Devi Konjengbam (Manipur)-Shruti Mishra (Uttar Pradesh) lifted the women’s doubles title with a superb come-from-behind 11-21, 21-14, 21-18 win over Maharashtra’s Ritika Thaker-Simran Singhi in an hour and 11 minutes long final.
Men’s doubles final was an edge-of-the-seat thriller where K Pruthvi Roy-Suraj Goala, who train at recently inaugurated National Centre of Excellence in Guwahati, caused an upset by defeating Krishna Prasad Garaga-Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala 20-22, 24-22, 21-14. The duo of Pruthvi and Suraj conceded a very closely fought opening game. Keeping that aside, the aggressive duo left no stone unturned in next couple of games to hand a defeat to the experienced top seeds combination of Krishna-Vishnu in the end.
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