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PANAJI
Goa’s Tanisha Crasto won the India Club UAE Open Ladies singles title for the second year running after beating fellow countrywomen Nida Najeeb 21-10, 21-11.
In the 41st edition of the championships held in Dubai, Tanisha -- a rising talent who has won three All India Ranking medals last season -- also won the Mixed Doubles title for the third consecutive year as she along with her partner Ketan Chahal defeated Somi Ramdani / Ana Rose Espinosa 21-19, 21-16. Her third finals, in the Under 19 Girls singles category, was an easy win for her. Tanisha hardly broke a sweat on her way to a 21-6, 21-3 straight sets win against Irene Elsa Alexander, making it triple delight for her.
Shourya Joshi, another young emerging talent from Goa, rose to the occasion to win the under-15 Boys singles title with a straight sets 21-11, 21-17 win over Nabhan Najeeb. Shourya later stepped up to defeat Raza Ali Adil 21-16, 21-10 to claim the boys under-17 final and emerge with
a double crown.
