PANAJI
Anish Kamath and Anjana Kumari emerged Men’s and Women’s singles champions, at the State Ranking Tournament held at Indoor stadium, Campal, Panaji.
Both these players registered contrasting wins in the finals of the State ranking tournament organised by Shuttlers Club and Morning Badminton Club in collaboration with Goa Badminton Association and the Sports Authority of Goa. In the season ending tournament, Anjana Kumari won a triple crown while Tejan Fallary and Kamlesh Kanji won double crowns.
In Men’s section, 16 year old Anish Kamath who had a fine run in the tournament played a near flawless match to registered an exciting 21-14, 21-17 win over Sushil Nayak to emerge triumphant. Top seed Anjana Kumari on the other hand was stretched the distance before registering a hard fought 21-12, 18-21, 21-8 win over number two seed Yasmin Sayed in Women’s singles finals. Earlier, in Men’s singles semi finals, Anish defeated Karan Dhavaskar 23-21, 19-21, 22-20 in a closely fought match while Sushil upset top seed Tejan Fallary 21-15, 21-8 in the other semis.
In Men’s doubles, Tejan Fallary / Arjun Fallary battled past Floyd Araujo / Fredrick Fernandes 21-16, 23-21 to win the title while the women’s doubles title was won by Anjana Kumari / Yasmin Sayed who recorded a thrilling 21-15, 16-21, 21-18 win over Anar Singbal / Neha Sahakari. In Mixed Doubles finals, Tejan Fallary / Anjana Kumari defeated Ayaan Shaikh / Yasmin Sayed 21-15, 21-18 to win the title.
In promotional Veterans events, Sandip Kanji / Kamlesh Kanji defeated Ashutosh Pednekar / Kunal Sanvordekar 30-29 to win the Veterans Doubles. In Veterans Mixed Doubles, Kamlesh Kanji / Betty Dourado defeated Darwin Barreto / Supriya Pai Kuchelkar 30-18 to lift the title.
