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Shikha shocks Mahima to clinch title

State Championship Badminton 2014 Under 17 Boys doubles winners Raghu of Mysore and Mithun Manjunath of Bangalore are seen receiving their prize from Karnataka Badmintion Association Vice President S.G. Prabhu as MLA Vasu, City Police Commisioner Dr. M.A. Saleem and Mysore Hotel Owners Association President Rajendra look on.
State Championship Badminton 2014 Under 17 Boys doubles winners Raghu of Mysore and Mithun Manjunath of Bangalore are seen receiving their prize from Karnataka Badmintion Association Vice President S.G. Prabhu as MLA Vasu, City Police Commisioner Dr. M.A. Saleem and Mysore Hotel Owners Association President Rajendra look on.

 Mysore :

Tenth seeded Shikha Gautham of Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, Bangalore, hogged the limelight by registering a upset 21-18, 21-14 win over her team-mate and second seeded Mahima Agarwal and clinched the coveted girls Under-17 singles title in a keenly contested final which lasted for 40 minutes, in the Li Ning Karnataka State badminton championships 2014, conducted by MDBA under the aegis of KBA at the Chamundivihar indoor stadium here on Thursday.

Second seeded Mithun Manjuanth (PPBA), won the boys Under-17 singles title after staving off the challenge put up by fourth seeded team-mate Rahul Bharadwaj 14-21, 21-16, 21-18, in a keenly contested final which lasted for 50 minutes. He completed a fine double by clinching the Under-17 doubles title also.

Ashwini Bhat of Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA), impressed by clinching a grand double by winning the girls Under-15 singles and doubles titles. Top-seed Ashwini beat ninth seeded team-mate Deepthi Ramesh 21-15, 21-18 in the Under-15 girls singles final which lasted for 30 minutes. In the doubles, Ashwini teamed up with U.K. Mithula and beat Deepthi Ramesh and Y. Drithi 21-12, 21-19 and completed a fine double.

Ajinkya G. Joshi of B.A. Rajan, hogged the limelight in the boys Under-13 section, when he won a grand double by clinching the singles and doubles titles. In the singles, fifth seeded Ajinkya Joshi beat fourth seeded C.S. Saket (NGV) 21-17, 21-17 in a 25 minute battle and won the coveted title. In the doubles, he teamed up with C.S. Saket and completed a fine double by beating second seeds V.Chinmaya and Shashank Reddy 23-21, 21-11 in the final.

The results: Final:Boys: Under-17 singles:Final: Mithun Manjunath (PPBA) bt Rahul Bharadwaj (PPBA) 14-21, 21-16, 21-18.

Doubles: Mithun Manjunath/M Raghu bt Nikhilshyam Sriram/Saif Ali 21-19, 21-14.

Under-15 singles: Rahul Bharadwaj (PPBA) bt Amogh R Gupta (PPBA) 21-6,21-9.

Doubles: Anirudh Rajeev/Mayureesh Janpandit (BBA) bt Abhay Pai/Chirag B (M’lore) 19-21, 21-11, 21-18.

Under-13: Ajinkya G. Joshi (Rajan BA) bt C.S. Saket (NGV) 21-17, 21-17.

Doubles: Ajinkya G. Joshi/ C.S.Saket bt Chinmaya V/Shashank Reddy 23-21, 21-11.

Girls: Under-17 singles: Shika Gautham (PPBA) bt Mahima Agarwal (PPBA) 21-18, 21-14.

Under-17: Doubles: Final: Apeksha Nayak/Drithi Yatheesh bt Malaaika B/Prarthana Vasudevan 21-6,21-13.

Under-15: Ashwini Bhat (PPBA) bt Deepthi Ramesh (PPBA) 21-15, 21-8.

Doubles: Ashwini Bhat/Mithula U K (PPBA) bt Deepthi Ramesh/Drithi Y (PPBA) 21-12, 21-19.

Under-13: Richa Mukibodh bt Keertha P Shroff (I Sports) 21-7, 21-11.

Doubles: Advika Ganesh/N.S. Gagana bt Keerthana P. Shroff/Tanya H 25-23, 16-21, 21-12.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / August 08th, 2014

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