Putting aside the earlier setback, Tarini Suri exhibited remarkable fighting qualities and the gumption to quash Nayshaa Batoye’s aspiration of winning double crowns. Tarini, who had lost to Nayshaa in the Girls’ under-13 final earlier, avenged that defeat as she put up a dogged performance to overcome her arch-rival in three grueling games to clinch the Girl’s under-15 title in the CCI-Greater Mumbai District Badminton Championship 2018, jointly organized by the Cricket Club of India (CCI) and the Greater Mumbai Badminton Association (GBMA) and played at the CCI Badminton courts.
Tarini Suri fought hard to emerge Girls’ under-15 singles champion in the CCI-Greater Mumbai District Badminton Championship 2018.
In the under-15 final, Tarini started shakily and once again was at the receiving end initially and lost the opening game. But, not prepared to give up without a fight, Tarini changed tactics and staged an incredible recovery by winning the next two games to snatch a well-deserved 16-21, 21-17, 21-14 victory.
Earlier, in the under-13 final, the second-seeded Nayshaa produced a solid all-round play to score an upset win against the top-seeded Tarini, winning in straight games at 21-19, 21-17 to emerge victorious.
The Boys’ under-13 final also witnessed an absorbing contest with second seed Vajra Mainkar prevailing over the number one seed Shaswat Kumar 24-22, 13-21, 21-13 to claim the top honours.
Meanwhile, Shubham Pal created a major flutter when he sent second seed Siddhesh Raut crashing out in the penultimate round of the Boy’s under-19 event. Shubham played aggressively and charged to an easy 21-16, 21-12 win. In the final, Shubham will clash with top seed Jaidev Menon, who rallied to overcome Viraj Kuvale 12-21, 21-18, 22-20.
Results –
Girls’ under-10 singles (Final): Riya Vinherkar bt Ananya Yelave 21-7, 21-3.
Boys’ under-10 singles (Final): Adyant Gupta bt Harshit Mahimkar 21-10, 21-11.
Girls’ under-13 singles (Final): 2-Nayshaa Batoye bt 1-Taarini Suri 21-19, 21-17.
Boys’ under-13 singles (Final): 2-Vajra Mainkar bt 1-Shaswat Kumar 24-22, 13-21, 21-13.
Girls’ under-15 singles (Final): Tarini Suri bt Nayshaa Batoye16-21, 21-17, 21-14.
Girls’ under-17 singles (Final): 1-Pooja Kachare bt 2-Shivani Herlekar 21-16, 21-11.
Boys’ under-17 singles (Final): Darius Pardiwala bt 2-Vikrant Ninave 23-21, 21-15.
Boys under-15 singles (semi-finals): 1-Ruturaj Rathod bt 3-Darius Pardiwala 21-12, 21-16; 2- Aaryavardhan Jadhav bt Vaishnav Pashte 21-6, 21-8.
Girls’ under-19 singles (semi-finals): Shivani Herlekar w/o 1-Riya Arolkar; 2-Pooja Kachare bt Samiaa Shah 21-19, 21-14.
Boys’ under-19 singles (semi-finals): 1-Jaidev Menon bt Viraj Kuvale 12-21, 21-18, 22-20; Shubham Pal bt 2-Siddhesh Raut 21-16, 21-12.
Women singles (semi-finals): Samiaa Shah bt Vaishnavi Shete 21-7, 21-6; 2-Kareena Madan bt Pooja Kachare 21-14, 16-21, 21-13.
Men singles (semi-finals): 1-Nigel D’Sa bt Jaidev Menon 21-12, 21-12; 2-Viplav Kuvale bt 4-Yash Tiwari 21-19, 21-11.