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PANAJI
Rudra Dukle won a triple crown while Arjun Fallary, Lydia Barreto and Arshia Gautam won double crowns each, at the state sub junior badminton championship 2017 organised by Shuttlers Club in collaboration with Goa Badminton Association and the Sports Authority of Goa, at Indoor stadium, Campal, Panaji.
The Under 15 Boys singles finals was expected to be a close fight but Arjun Fallary was in sparkling form to turn things around. In the first set, Arjun who had lost to Shourya Joshi in the previous tournament was down 18-20 to the same opponent in the first set but held his nerves to win 22-20. In the second set, it was Arjun all the way as he raced to a commanding lead with an array of strokes and a clinical game giving Shourya no chance of a comeback. He won 22-20, 21-15.
Lydia Barreto won her Under 15 Girls finals without having to break a sweat, with her opponent Aahana Nayak conceding the match due to injury. Rudra Dukle and Arshia Gautam, the top seeds in Under 13 Girls and Boys categories, won their titles with ease while the other results too went on expected lines with top contenders emerging victorious. Rhea Kanji, Arjun Anand and Parth Kantak emerged promising players of the tournament.
