Tanaji, Manjiri bag triple crowns

Kamlesh Kanji and Manjiri Moktali

PANAJI

Tanaji Sawant and Manjiri Moktali stole the limelight at the Anil Paiginkar Memorial State Badminton Ranking Tournament for Masters (Veterans), held at Badminton Hall, Ponda, by claiming triple crowns each. Tanaji won the Men's Singles 70+, Men's Doubles 70+ with Pradeep Dhond, and Mixed Doubles 65+ with Roseline Bunyan. Meanwhile, Manjiri Moktali impressed with wins in the Women’s Singles 55+, Women’s Doubles 55+ with Vrushali Cardozo, and Mixed Doubles 45+ partnering Kamlesh Kanji.

The tournament also witnessed double crown champions in multiple categories. Cancio Mascarenhas clinched the Men’s Singles 65+ and Men's Doubles 65+ titles with Peter Tellis, while Vrushali Cardozo topped the podium in Women's Doubles 55+ and Mixed Doubles 55+ with Agnelo Da Cunha. Rupchandra Humraskar (MS 60+ and XD 60+ with Judy Braganza), Kamlesh Kanji (XD 45+ and MD 45+), Parag Chauhan (MD 45+ and MS 45+), Vineeta Adpaikar (WS 45+ and WD 45+), Ankush Patil (MS 40+ and MD 40+ with Kunal Sanvordenkar), and Dhanya Balakrishnan (WS 40+ and WD 40+ with Rashmi Jain) also picked up two titles each in their respective age categories.

Other notable winners who won titles in their respective age groups were:

Agnelo Da Cunha, Akshay Prabhu Ramdas Pandit, Archana Marya, Arnaldo Rodrigues, Ashok Menon, Austin Anthony Fernandes, Ayub C.K., Chinmay Fallary, Darwin Barreto, Hubert Saldanha, Juliana Colaco, Kapil Kanji, Louanne Almeida, Manju Khandeparker, Marina Albuquerque, Milagrina Mascarenhas, Navin Cardoz, Parteek Mahajan, Sandeep Fowkar, Supriya Pai Kuchelkar, and Wilfred Jacques