Anmol Kharb (HAR) received the ladies’s singles in opposition to Tanvi Sharma (PNB).
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It has been a productive three months for Chirag Sen of Indian Railways. He has received the higher of fairly a number of higher-ranked gamers in worldwide tournaments, starting with the Infosys Challenge in Bengaluru the place he reached the semifinals.
And he ended the season on a excessive, successful the boys’s singles title within the eighty fifth senior National badminton championships on Sunday with a 21-14, 13-21, 21-9 victory over Telangana’s M. Tharun, the fourth seed, within the ultimate.
Chirag Sen (RLY) celebrates after successful the boys’s single title in opposition to Tharun M (TS).
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RITU RAJ KONWAR
Haryana’s Anmol Kharb was stretched by Tanvi Sharma of Punjab within the ladies’s ultimate earlier than a thigh pressure compelled the latter to retire with the rating studying 15-21, 21-17, 16-8.
Tanvi started nicely by being aggressive from the backcourt and never giving any width to her opponent to unleash her smashes. She went on to win the opening recreation 21-15 and in addition took a 15-10 lead within the second. However, at 17-14, whereas speeding from the backcourt to retrieve a drop, Tanvi strained her proper thigh and had a medical time-out.
She was by no means the identical participant once more, shedding the second recreation 21-17 and calling it quits whereas trailing 8-16 within the decider.
“I am happy to win the title at the age of 16. I am even more thrilled as my idol Saina Nehwal was also 16 when she became champion in 2006-07,” mentioned Anmol.
The Chirag-Tharun match was anticipated to be a humdinger and turned out to be one. In the ultimate recreation, after the gamers had cut up the primary two, Chirag performed like a person possessed, attacking at each alternative. Once he led 15-9, it was curtains for Tharun.
“I have been struggling in singles for a while. First, I got confidence at the Infosys Challenge held in my Academy (Prakash Padukone) beating some good players. After being in the circuit for four years, I hadn’t played in any singles final. I am very happy now. The win over Kartikey Gulshan Kumar, the third seed, in the second round here, gave me the confidence that I can pull off tough matches,” mentioned Chirag.
The outcomes (finals): Men: Chirag Sen (Rlys) bt M. Tharun (TS) 21-14, 13-21, 21-9; Doubles: Ok. Pruthvi Roy (Rlys) & Suraj Goala (Asm) bt G. Krishna Prasad (AP) & P. Vishnuvardhan Goud (TS) 20-22, 24-22, 21-14.
Women: Anmol Kharb (Har) bt Tanvi Sharma (Pun) 15-21, 21-17, 16-8, retd.; Doubles: Priya Devi Konjenbgam (Man) & Sruti Mishra (UP) bt Ritika Thaker & Simran Singhi (Mah) 11-21, 21-14, 21-18.
Mixed doubles: Dhruv Kapila (Pun) & Tanisha Crasto (Goa) bt Nitin Kumar & Navdha Manglam (Del) 21-13, 21-8.
