Aneef, Bastian lifts double crown in 6th IBAK-Pizzahut Master’s Cup

Ilayaraja claims singles title

The 6th IBAK - Pizzahut Master’s Cup was held on February 23 and 24 at IBAK Gym, Salwa. Master’s Cup is the most prestigious of domestic badminton tournaments in Kuwait. Over 200 players from over 10 different nationalities participated in this year’s edition. Over a hundred volunteers and six hundred spectators made this event a grand success.

The event was inaugurated by Ms Yasmin, Marketing manager Pizza Hut, in the presence of Dr Manimara Chozhan, Chairman IBAK, KT Chandrahas, General Secretary IBAK, Saravanan, Tournament Director, Prasad Thandassery, Joint Tournament Director and Ms Aisha, Assistant Marketing Manager Pizzahut.

The qualifying and preliminary league round robin started on the 23rd and the finals were played on the 24th. This year’s Masters Cup saw fierce competition and sprung out several surprise finalists.

This year’s Master’s Cup was played in five categories .

1. Flight 1 doubles - Professional 2. Flight 2 doubles- Advanced 3. Flight 3 doubles- Intermediate 4. Flight 4 doubles- Lower intermediate level 5. Open Singles

Winners Flight 4 - Open Doubles Lower Intermediate

Winner: Carandang, Jimmy+Julius, Marc Runner up: Abhilash, Ajay+Kumar, Karthik Semifinalist: Sumesh, Addison+Sumesh, Arden Paul Semifinalist: Balasubramaniyam, Part has ar thy+ Part has ar thy, Jayanth

Flight 3 - Open Doubles Intermediate

Winner: Bancud, Melvin+Rivera, Ryan Runner up: Dinesh Ram+Kunnil, Thomas J Semifinalist: Ramesh, Dhruva+Siraj, Adnan Semifinalist: Behnan, Pradeep+Malayil, Shibu

Flight 2 - Mens Doubles Advance

Winner: Joy, Subin K+Varghees, Subin Runner up: Aktar, Arif Sayed+Singh, Vikas Semifinalist: Mathew, Joby+Punnackal, Sajeev Semifinalist: Chandran, Sayju+Rawat, Anikit

Flight 1- Mens Doubles Professional

Winner: James, Bastian+Latheef, Aneef K Runner up: Ajayakumar, Sayooj+Paul, Sanil Semifinalist: Farooqi, Abdul J ab bar+ Kalli par am bil, Bad ar Semifinalist: Putra, Gede+Rezka, Nanang

Singles

Winner: Ilayaraja Runner up: Kalliparambil, Badar Semifinalist: Farooqi, Abdul Jabbar Semifinalist: James, Bastian The prizes were given away by the Executive committee members of IBAK.