A ‘Special’ occasion for India Club UAE Open
dubai — Defending champion Tanisha Crasto beat Amritha Kuttikrishnan 21-7, 21-3 to advance to the ladies singles final in the India Club UAE Open Badminton Tournament 2018. Tanisha has also won girls singles under 19 years title.
In the semifinals of the mixed doubles 40 years, James Varghese and Meetha Bhandari beat Tino Thomas and Harita Harinarayanan 21-17, 21-18.
In the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles, Mohammed Munawar/ Haritha Harinarayanan beat Ari Thoffeq/Amritha Kuttikrishnan 21-19, 18-21, 21-17.
Special needs children of SNF Development Center, played friendly matches as a part of India Club’s CSR activity of the tournament.
Alen Sebastian Menachery, Maria Sara Alex, Salem Mohamed, Abdul Rahman Muhammad Nawaz, Varon Miles Federico and Ijjas Nauphal represented SNF Development Center. Salem Mohamed was declared as the best player amongst the six SNF children.
> other results: Mix doubles (quarterfinals): Mohammed Munawar/ Haritha Harinarayanan bt Ari Thoffeq/Amritha Kuttikrishnan 21-19, 18-21, 21-17 > Mix doubles 40 (semifinals): James Varghese/ Meetha Bhandari bt Tino Thomas/Harita Harinarayanan 21-17, 21-18 > Men doubles 40: Kiran Bangalore Gopalakrishna/Jai Singh W/O Punit Dua/Sujith Chandar Odayi > Men doubles: Ketan Chahal/Jaffer Ibrahim bt Jawad Javed J./Sagar Amrit Pradhan 21-14, 21-9 > Men doubles 45: Moin Ahmed/ James Varghese bt Abid Ali/ Abdul Najeeb 21-7, 21-14; Yoosaf Ahammu/Mohammed Shanavas bt Muraleedharan Mavila P. Aveetil/Ashok Kumar V. 21-7, 21-14; George Jacob/ Roby Varghese bt Pradeep Kumar/ Antony Thomas 21-7, 21-16; Muhammed Rafeek/Xavier Raphel bt Amir Shuja Qureshi/Abdul Salam A. 21-16, 21-13; Yudi Haryadi/Ela Pelipus Marian bt Noushad Abubacker/Cheniyara Rappai Antony 17-21, 21-6, 21-10 > Men Singles 45: Elia Pelipus Marian bt Sanjeevkumar Mahadikar 21-9, 21-6 > Quarterfinals: Elia Pelipus Marian bt Mohit Bhimwal 21-2, 21-9; Jai Singh/ Cheniyara Rappai Antony 21-11, 21-5 > Women Singles (semifinals): Tanisha Crasto bt Amritha Kuttikrishnan 21-7, 21-3 > Men Singles: Ketan Chahal bt Faraz Khan 21-14, 21-9; Ketan Chahal bt Adil Kutty 21-10, 21-10