Gayatri completes hat-trick in ranking events
Gayatri Gopichand, daughter of renowned coach Gopichand, won her third straight title in the girls under-17 National Ranking Badminton Tournament here on Sunday when she defeated top seed Aakarshi Kashyap of Chattisgarh 21-19, 15-21, 21-18 in the final.
By : migrator
Update:2017-08-06 23:28 IST
Chennai
Gayatri had won the first two legs in the six-round ranking circuit at Thiruvananthapuram and Bengaluru. Gayatri’s mother and former international PVV Lakshmi said the final was the No 7 seed’s best effort in Chennai as all the other matches ended in straight games. “Her ranking should now be either 4 or 5 after this victory,” said Lakshmi.
All finals:
Under-17:
Boys singles: Dhruv Rawat (UP)bt Amit Rathore (MP)21-17 21-19;
Girls singles: Gayatri Gopichand (Telangana)bt Aakarshi Kashyap (Chattisgarh)21-19 15-21 21-18;
Boys doubles: Qadeer Moinuddin Mohammed and Vishnuvardhan Goud P. (Telangana) bt Yash Raikwar (MP) and Dhruv Rawat (UP) 21-15 20-22 21-19;
Girls doubles: Samiya Imad Farooqui and Gayatri Gopichand (Telangana) Keyura Mopati (Telangana) Kavipriya (Pondi) 17-21 21-12
Under-19:
Boys singles: Arintap Dasgupta (West Bengal) bt Sanjay Thakur (MP)21-19 21-16;
Girls singles: Malvika Bansod (Mah) bt Ashmita Chaliha (Assam) 12-21 21-19 21-13;
Boys doubles: Krishna Prasad (AP) and Dhruv Kapila (Punjab) btAlap Mishra and Sanjay Thakur (MP) 21-17 21-17;
Girls doubles: Rutaparna Panda (Orissa)and Mithula (Kar) bt Simran Singhi and R Thaker (Mah)2111 21-15;
Mixed doubles: D Kapila (Pun)and Mithula (Kar)bt Sai Kumar Podile (Telangana)and R Panda (Ori) 21-18 21-19
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