PANAJI: Arnold Rodrigues, Roopchandra Humraskar, Tanaji Sawant, Sandhya Melasheemi, Supriya Pai Kuchelkar and Marina Albuquerque bagged double crown each at the State Masters Badminton Ranking Tournament organised by Panjim Panthers Club under the aegis of Goa Badminton Association, in collaboration with Sports Authority of Goa at indoor stadium, Campal.
The two-day tournament that concluded on Sunday; saw singles, doubles and mixed-doubles events in the age-group categories of 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+, 60+, 65+, 70+, 75+. Over 150 masters shuttlers from all over Goa took part in the tournament, which served as selection trials for the Masters Nationals.
In one of the most competitive men’s age-group events, Arnold Rodrigues won the 45+ category singles title with an impressive 21-18, 21-10 victory over Shamsudeen C.K. Earlier, he partnered Krishnaprasad Naik to beat Gurpreet Singh/Nilesh Naik 21-19, 18-21, 21-10 in the hard-fought doubles final.
Among the women’s finals, national medallist Sandhya Melasheemi inflicted a crushing 21-6, 21-6 defeat on to Betty Dourado in 35 + singles event. She was also the winner of the mixed doubles category, where she partnered Vishal Vernekar to overcome a stiff resistance by Kamlesh Kanji/Betty Dourado 21-14, 24-22.
FINALS RESULTS:
Men’s Singles 35+
Mihir Desai bt. Ashutosh Naik 21-17, 21-13
Men’s Singles 40+
Pankaj Naik bt Amit Kakkar 21-15, 13-21, 21-8
Men’s Singles 45+
Arnold Rodrigues bt Shamsudeen C.K. 21-18, 21-10
Men’s Singles 50+
Wilfred Jacques bt Chinmay Fallary 21-17, 18-21, 21-10
Men’s Singles 55+
Roopchandra Humraskar bt Vijendra Kaushik 21-13, 21-7
Men’s Singles 60+
Felipe Barbosa bt Cancio Mascarenhas 16-21, 21-13, 8-11 (conceded)
Men’s Singles 65+
Tanaji Sawant bt Antonio Fernandes 21-12, 21-17
Men’s Singles 70 +
Subhash Sawant bt Satish Kudchadkar 21-16, 21-13
Men’s Doubles 35+
Ehrlick De Ataide/ Kunal Sanvordekar bt Viraj Shrivant/ Ramdas Pandit 26-24, 17-21, 21-17
Men’s Doubles 40+
Kamlesh Kanji / Sandeep Kanji bt Amit Kakkar / Vishal Vernekar 21-19, 21-16
Men’s Doubles 45+
Arnold Rodrigues / Krishnaprasad Naik bt Gurpreet Singh/Nilesh Naik 21-19, 18-21, 21-10
Men’s Doubles 50+
Chinmay Fallari/Savio Lamb bt Willy Jacques/ Luciano Soares
Men’s Doubles 55+
Rupchandra Humraskar/ Dhanjay Shirsat bt Vijendra Kaushik/ Mulla Daud 21-12, 21-12
Men’s Doubles 60+
Ashok Menon / Vishwanath Prabhu bt Cancio Mascarenhas / Filipe Barbos 21-17, 21-14
Men’s Doubles 65+
Tanaji Sawant/ Pradeep Dhond bt Shaikh Ahmed / Megashyam Sawant 21-12, 21-10
Women’s Singles 35 +
Sandhya Melasheemi bt Betty Dourado 21-6, 21-6
Women’s Singles 40 +
Supriya Pai Kuchelkar bt Riti 21-15, 21-17
Women’s Singles 50 +
Marina Albuquerque bt Vrushali Cardoso 21-7, Conceded
Women’s Doubles 40 +
Nazneen B Shaikh/Sreedevi Menon bt Laveena Dias / Jayashree 21-8, 21-12
Women’s Doubles 45 +
Marina Albuquerque/ Supriya Pai Kuchelkar bt Shweta Sethiz / Shailaja Chanda 21-13, 21-13
Mixed Doubles 35 +
Vishal Vernekar/Sandhya M bt Kamlesh Kanji/Betty Dourado 21-14, 24-22
Mixed Doubles 45 +
Shamsudeen C.K./Milagrina M bt Darwin Barreto/Supriya K 21-17, 9-21, 21-11
Mixed Doubles 40 +
Naveen Palyekar/ Shweta bt Michael / Riti 21-15, 21-13
Mixed Doubles 50 +
Agnelo De Cunha/Vrushali Cardoso bt Willie Jacques/ Marina Albuquerque 21-19, 22-20
Mixed Doubles 55 +
Rajesh Shirodkar/ Reema bt Satish Kudchadkar / Rosaline 21-13, 21-11
