Sagar, Neha emerge singles champions
Title-favourites Sagar Chopda and Neha Pandit stamped their superiority in the first Maharashtra State Selection Badminton Tournament by brushing aside their rivals in straight games in the singles finals.
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Mumbai: Title-favourites Sagar Chopda and
Neha Pandit stamped their superiority in the first Maharashtra
State Selection Badminton Tournament by brushing aside their
rivals in straight games in the singles finals.
Chopda of Mumbai Suburban overcame third seed Eshan Naqvi
of Thane 21-15, 21-16 in the men`s final that lasted only 35
minutes, while Pune lass Neha prevailed over unseeded Tanvi
Lad of Greater Mumbai 21-13, 21-18 in a 30-minute women`s
summit-clash at the Matunga Gymkhana.
Chopda, back from a stint in chilly Russia prior to this
tournament, showed no difficulty in adopting to the humid
conditions here and uncorked repeated winners against Naqvi
once he recovered from a 4-6 deficit in the opening game.
It was a cakewalk for the top seed in the second game as
he raced to a 6-1 lead. As Naqvi was forced into errors,
Chopda stayed comfortably ahead and clinched the game and the
match when Naqvi hit wide at match point.
Neha unleashed a slew of forehand crosscourt drops that
won her most the points against Tanvi in the women`s final.
After being brushed aside by her more fancied opponent in
the first game, Tanvi fought back by surging to a 13-9 lead in
the second as Neha lapsed into errors.
The more experienced Neha quickly got her rhythm back to
draw level at 14 and then take a 20-18 lead. Pressure got to
Tanvi at this point and she hit wide to lose the clash.
Prasad Shetty and Aditya Pandya of Mumbai Suburban won
the men`s doubles title, while Jui Agaskar (Mumbai Suburban)
and Sanyogita Ghorpade (Pune) bagged the women`s doubles
crown.
Results (Finals):
Men: Sagar Chopda (Mumbai Suburban) bt Eshan Naqvi
(Thane) 21-15, 21-16.
Doubles: Prasad Shetty/Aditya Pandya (Mum Sub) bt Mayur
Tawde/Nikhil Kolhatkar 21-16, 21-13.
Women: Neha Pandit (Pune) bt Tanvi Lad (Greater Mumbai)
21-13, 21-18.
Doubles: Jui Agaskar (Mum Sub)/Sanyogita Ghorpade (Pune)
bt Kadambari Cheda (Mum Sub)/Varda Dixit (Nagpur) 21-15.
21-18.
PTI
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