Greater Mumbai District shuttlers Maria D’Sa and son Nigel D’Sa, both won gold medals in the Yonex-Sunrise Maharashtra State Badminton Championship 2024, played at the Bombay Gymkhana courts on Wednesday evening.
In an absorbing women’s 65 singles final, top seed Maria shrugged off a strong challenge from second seed Savithri Mohanraj snatching a 16-21, 21-16 and 21-15 win in 29 minutes.
Greater Mumbai District shuttlers Maria D’Sa (left) and son Nigel D’Sa (with his son in arms), pose with their medals in the Yonex-Sunrise Maharashtra State Badminton Championship 2024
Later, Nigel was in complete control against Chandan Jadhav and cruised to a 21-12, 21-16 win in 31 minutes to bag the men’s 35 singles title. Nigel also won the doubles gold as he and partner Abhidnya Sawant stunned the number one seeds Sachin Kshatriya and Sunny Duggal posting a 21-19, 21-13 win.
Meanwhile, Ratnagiri’s Saroj Sawant clinched three gold medals winning the women’s 55 singles & doubles and the mixed 55 doubles title.
Saroj Sawant got the better of Balvinder Sapra 21-17, 21-12 in the singles finals and then teamed up with Rajashree Bhave to defeat the pairing of Balvinder Sapra and Sujata Mehta coasting to a 21-16, 21-13 win for her second success. In the mixed doubles final, the second-seeded pair of Saroj and Murli Subramaniam fought hard to overcome the top-seeded combination of Anand Vithalkar and Balvinder Sapra pulling through in three well-contested games at 15-21, 21-8, 27-25.
Results (all finals) – Women 35 singles: Poonam Gandhe bt 1-Deepti Purohit 21-12, 21-9.
Women 40 singles: Ramya Venkat bt Manasi Patwardhan 21-8, 21-13.
Women 45 singles: 2-Swapnal Chakrabarty bt Sarita Jethwani 21-7, 21-5.
Women 55 singles: Saroj Sawant bt Balvinder Sapra 21-17, 21-12.
Women 55 doubles: Rajashree Bhave/Saroj Sawant bt Balvinder Sapra/Sujata Mehta 21-16, 21-13.
Mixed 55 doubles: 2-Murli Subramaniam/Saroj Sawant bt 1-Anand Vithalkar/Balvinder Sapra 15-21, 21-8, 27-25.
Women 60 singles: Arpita Jhaveri bt Rama Singh 21-4, 21-8.
Women 65 singles: 1- Maria D’Sa bt Savithri Mohanraj 16-21, 21-16, 21-15. 29 minutes
Men 35 singles: Nigel Dsa bt Chandan Jadhav 21-12, 21-16.
Men 35 doubles: Abhidnya Sawant/Nigel D’Sa bt 1-Sachin Kshatriya/Sunny Duggal 21-19, 21-13.
Men 40 singles: Tushar Mulay bt 2-Deepak Jaitly 21-15, 21-17.
Men 45 singles: Nilesh Phansalkar bt Sachin Sarda 21-13, 21-16.
Men 50 singles: Gautam Laud bt Mahesh Satve 22-20, 21-10.
Men 55 singles: Shailesh Daga bt 1-Murli Subramaniam 21-16, 21-12.
Men 60 singles: 2-Bharat Bhosale bt Avadhut Joshi 16-21, 21-15, 21-16.