Amaira Dhumatker, Shaheen C K, Anjana Kumari and Sufiya Shaikh are poised for double crowns at the BPS State Badminton Ranking Tournament, organised by BPS Sports Club in aegis with Goa Badminton Association, at Manohar Parrikar Indoor Stadium, Navelim.
In Men’s Singles, top seed Nishant Shenai beat Soham Naik 15-6, 15-13, while Arjun Bhagat overcame fourth seed Devansh Sakpal 15-7, 11-15, 15-7. Women’s Singles saw Sufiya Shaikh defeat Dimple Revankar 15-8, 15-8, and Anjana Kumari beat Shreya Mehta 18-16, 15-6.
In doubles, Aryaman Saraf-Rudra Phadte and Aswin Mannambalath-Shaheen C K reached the Men’s Doubles final, while Riya Haldankar-Yasmin Sayed and Anjana Kumari-Sufiya Shaikh advanced in Women’s Doubles.
Sanath Kamat-Anar Singbal and Shaheen C K-Dimple Revankar booked the Mixed Doubles final spots. Shaheen, Anjana and Sufiya will thus vie for two titles.
In U11, Amaira Dhumatker reached both Girls Singles and Girls Doubles finals, partnering Anvitha Poojari in the latter. Sharv Shenvi and Shloke Utagi will contest the Boys Singles final, while Namish Revankar-Srihaan Dessai and Mahipal Sinh Parmar-Priyansh Sawant Dessai reached the Boys Doubles final. In Girls Doubles, Amaira-Anvitha will face Saachi Sinai Kenkre-Yashika Koneru.
