Shourya defeats Raza for title
dubai — After clinching the boys under-15 title, Shourya Joshi defeated Raza Ali Adil 21-16, 21-10 to claim the boys under-17 title at the at the 41st India Club UAE Open Badminton Tournament on Saturday. Earlier, Shourya beat Nabhan Najeeb 2114, 14-21, 21-18 and Raza downed Omar Shreif Madathil 21-18, 21-13 in the semifinals.
Tanika Sequeira overcame a strong challenge from Rinitha Rajith before scoring a 23-21, 17-21, 23-21 victory to clinch the girls under-15 title. The two had contested the under-13 final and the outcome was same with Tanika emerging victorious. In the women’s singles quarterfinal, Amritha Kuttikrishnan routed Saira Siyad 21-9, 21-7 while Haritha Harinarayan got a walk over against Saima Batool. > Other results: Girls under-15 singles final: Tanika Sequeira bt Rinitha Rajith 23-21, 17-21, 23-21. > Boys under-17 singles Semifinals: Shourya Joshi bt Nabhan Najeeb 21-14, 14-21, 21-18; Raza Ali Adil bt Omar Shreif Madathil 21-18, 21-13. > Final: Shourya Joshi bt Raza Ali Adil 21-16, 21-10. > Men doubles:: Desianto GianIqbal Wahyu bt Junaid Amar-Saneer Vadakkay 21-11, 21-15. > Men Singles: Imam Kusuma bt Akbar Basri 21-11, 21-9; Akbar Basri W/O Mustaqim; Akbar Basri W/O Reejo Varghese. > Women singles quarterfinals: Amritha Kuttikrishnan bt Saira Siyad 21-9, 21-7; Haritha Harinarayan W/O Saima Batool. > Mixed doubles: Munawar Mohammed-Haritha Harinarayan bt Reyon Vas-Janithya De Silva 21-4, 21-6. > Men singles 40: Kiran Bangalore Gopalakrishna bt Dilip Ramkrishan Matta 21-5, 21-11.
> Men doubles 40: Siraj ChooriSijumon Sukumaran bt Madhu Madathil-Mohammed Siyad 21-17, 21-16.
> Men doubles 45: Madhu Madathil-Mohammed Siyad bt Saji Retnalayam-Kochumon Samuel 15-21, 21-12, 21-17.
> Mixed doubles 40: T. Thomas-H. Harinarayan W/O Manoj Karthikelyan-Viven Silva; Tino Thomas-Haritha Harinarayan bt Shaji S. Ibrahim-Reja Romi Alexander 21-11, 21-17. > Men Doubles 50: Aliyaru Latheef-Prabhakaran Ponnengattil bt Oswald Fernandes-Nagraj Rao 21-6, 21-9. > Quarter-finals: Aliyaru Latheef-Prabhakaran Ponnengattil W/O Amjad Ali-Afzal Rahman A.M. > Men Doubles 60: Aliyaru Latheef-Lalmony Kunju bt Jayant Bhatia-Mohamed Youseph 21-11, 21-15.