Nagpur’s Malvika Bansod, ranked no. 2 in the country in her age group , sizzled as she toppled top seeded Kalpita Sawant of Mumbai 10-21, 21-18, 21-16 in a nailing-biting under-17 finals of the PNB Metlife West Zone junior badminton championships held at Goregaon Sports Club here today.
All the winners with their trophies pose with the officials, Mr Ashish Kumar, director, Sara Foundation, Mr Vinod Podar, president of Goregaon Sports Club and other officials.
However, the hard-working lefthander was distinctly lucky against graceful storkeplayer Aarya Deshpande from Satara in the girls under-15 final. It was the toughest tie of the day with fortunes swayed from time to time before Malvika prevailed at 18-21, 21-18, 22-20. Aarya,ranked India No.7 in the under-13 age group, did have the consolation of winning the girls under-13 crown when in another gruelling final against Mumbai’s Tasnim Mir, she won 21-13, 20-22, 21-16 .
But, in the boys singles under-17 final, the top seeded Mumbai’s Deep Rambhia proved just too good for Digvijaysinh Kushwaha to clinch the tie 21-13, 21-15. And so was top seeded Tanishaq Saxena, who won the under-13 title with a 21=-15, 21-15 win over Ameya Khond.
Results of all the finals:
Girs U-17 singles: Malvika Bansod (NGP) (bt) (1) Kalpita Sawant (Mum) 10-21, 21-18, 21-16.
Boys U-17 singles: (1) Deep Rambhia (Mum) bt Digvijaysinh Kushwaha (Vadodra) 21-13, 21-15.
Girls U-15 singles: (1) Malvika Bansod (NGP) bt (2) Aarya Deshpande (Satara) 18-21, 21-18, 22-20.
Boys U-15 singles: (3) Bhavin Karamchandani bt Ishan Bhatnagar (Raipur) 8-21, 24-22, 21-15.
Girls U-13 singles: (1) Aarya Deshpande (Satara) bt (2) Tasnim Mir (Mum) 21-13, 20-22, 21-16.
Boys U-13 singles: (1) Tanishaq Saxena(Mum) bt Ameya Khond (Mum)21-15, 21-15.
Girls U-11 singles: Tasnim Mir(Mum) bt Tara Shah (Pune) 21-16, 21-10.
Boys U-11 singles: (1) Prajjwal Sonawane (Mum) bt Vishanathan Parihar (Indore) 21-9, 21-16.
Girls U-9 singles: (1) Taaruni Suri (Mum) bt Shrawani Walekar (Nashik) 21-9, 21-10.
Boys U-9 singles: Om Gavandi (Nagpur) bt Suchir Ravva (Mum) 21-18, 21-17.