Harsh Mane and Ritika Chelluri continued with their fine run, winning their second successive triple crown while Tejan Fallary, Sakshi K, Janhavi Mahale, Aryaman Saraf, Trisha Joshi and Minoshka Pereira bagged twin titles each, at the State Badminton Ranking tournament organised by BPS Sports Club under the aegis of Goa Badminton Association and the Sports Authority of Goa, at Navelim.
Harsh bagged the Sub-Junior (U15 & U17) singles titles in an emphatic style. He also won the U15 Boys doubles title partnering Shaheen C.K. Ritika emerged triumphant in U13 Girls singles and added the U13 and U15 Girls doubles titles to her kitty, partnering Sagun Singh in U13 and Minoshka Pereira in U15. Sakshi won her U17 Singles and U19 doubles titles with an impressive performance. Her doubles partner Trisha teamed up with Aryaman Saraf to win the Under 19 Mixed doubles title while Minoshka teamed up with Rudra Phadte to secure the U17 Mixed doubles title. Aryaman along with his partner Yash Halarnkar won their second doubles title of the season, while Janhavi claimed victories in U19 Girls singles and women’s singles. Top seed Anjana Kumari, who had won the earlier two State Ranking tournaments, had to concede her Women’s singles finals owing to her travel for an All India event. Arnav Saraf / Sparsh Kolwalkar (U13 Boys Doubles), Yash Desai / Ashmeet Parsekar (U17 Boys Doubles), Tejan Fallary / Dhruv Angle (Men’s Doubles) and Tejan Fallary / Yasmin Sayed (Senior Mixed Doubles) were the other winners of the finals.
Following Players emerged as Singles Boys and Girls runners-up: Devarsh Kotkar and Palak Ramnathkar (U11 Singles), Rishi Pai Khot and Sagun Singh (U13 Singles), Advait Balakrishnan and Minoshka Pereira (U15 Singles), Yash Desai and Aarohi Coutoncar (U17 Singles), Anish Kamath and Nidhi Desai (U19 Singles), Ayaan Shaikh and Anjana Kumari (Men’s and Women’s Singles).
Following pairs emerged as Doubles Boys and Girls runners-up: Rishi Pai Khot / Atharva Bakhale and Aaryaa Metry / Dimple Revankar (U13), Advait Balakrishnan / Parasmay Shenoy and Sanvi kelekar / Aliya Cruz (U15), Rudra Phadte / Shrijay Naik (U17 Boys), Ashmeet Parsekar / Trisha Joshi (U17 Mixed), Yash Desai / Ashmeet Parsekar (U19 Boys), Nidhi Desai / Janhavi Mahale (U19 Girls), Yash Halarnkar / Nidhi Desai (U19 Mixed), Fredrick Fernandes / Floyd Araujo (Men’s) and Ayaan shaikh / Anar Singbal (Senior Mixed).
Digambar Kamat, Margao MLA, Santosh George (President, BPS Sports Club), Prasad Chitnis (Treasurer, BPS), Sandeep Heble (Secretary, GBA), Voluciano Dourado (Coordinator) and Vinayak Kamat (SAG Coach) graced the closing function.
RESULTS (FINALS)
U11 Boys Singles
Vishwa Parab bt Devarsh Kotkar 7-15, 15-13, 15-6
U11 Girls Singles
Avni Khyalia bt Palak Ramnathkar 15-17, 15-13, 15-12
U13 Boys Singles
Aarush Pawaskar bt. Rishi Pai Khot 21-12, 22-20
U13 Girls Singles
Ritika Chelluri bt. Sagun Singh 22-20, 21-12
U13 Boys Doubles
Arnav Saraf / Sparsh Kolwalkar bt. Rishi Pai Khot / Atharva Bakhale 21-14, 21-19
U13 Girls Doubles
Ritika Chelluri / Sagun Singh bt. Aaryaa Metry / Dimple Revankar 21-8, 21-9
U15 Boys Singles
Harsh Mane bt. Advait Balakrishnan 22-24, 21-3, 21-9
U15 Girls Singles
Aarohi Coutoncar bt. Minoshka Pereira 21-14, 21-15
U15 Boys Doubles
Harsh Mane / Shaheen C.K bt. Advait Balakrishnan / Parasmay Shenoy 21-5, 21-5
U15 Girls Doubles
Ritika Chelluri / Minoshka Pereira bt. Sanvi kelekar / Aliya Cruz 21-13, 21-16
U17 Boys Singles
Harsh Mane bt. Yash Desai 21-14, 21-8
U17 Girls Singles
Sakshi K bt. Aarohi Coutoncar 21-5, 21-16
U17 Boys Doubles
Yash Desai / Ashmeet Parsekar bt. Rudra Phadte / Shrijay Naik 13-21, 21-15, 21-17
Under 17 Mixed Doubles
Rudra Phadte / Minoshka Pereira bt Ashmeet Parsekar / Trisha Joshi 7-21, 21-16, 21-18
U19 Boys Singles
Nishant Shenai bt. Anish Kamath 21-11, 21-16
U19 Girls Singles
Janhavi Mahale bt. Nidhi Desai 21-6, 22-20
U19 Boys Doubles
Aryaman Saraf / Yash Halarnkar bt. Yash Desai / Ashmeet Parsekar 21-17, 22-24, 21-13
U19 Girls Doubles
Trisha Joshi / Sakshi K bt. Nidhi Desai / Janhavi Mahale 16-21, 21-16, 21-16
Under 19 Mixed Doubles
Aryaman Saraf / Trisha Joshi bt. Yash Halarnkar / Nidhi Desai 21-8, 21-14
Men’s Singles
Umakant Sarge bt. Ayaan Shaikh 21-15, 21-16
Women’s Singles
Janhavi Mahale bt. Anjana Kumari (conceded by walkover)
Men’s Doubles
Tejan Fallary / Dhruv Angle bt. Fredrick Fernandes / Floyd Araujo 21-14, 21-9
Senior Mixed Doubles
Tejan fallary / Yasmin Sayed bt. Ayaan shaikh / Anar Singbal 21-15, 21-15
