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Sruthi shines, double for Kozhikode

By Our Sports Reporter

KOZHIKODE, SEPT. 19. Host Kozhikode scored a double in the State sub-junior badminton championship, winning both the boys and girls' team titles at the V.K. Krishna Menon Indoor Stadium here on Sunday.

Kozhikode toppled holder Ernakulam 2-0 in the boys' final. Ernakulam was also at the receiving end in the girls' final too, going down 0-2.

M. Sruthi was the main architect of the host's triumph in the girls' event, while S.R. Arun Vishnu starred in the boys' section.

The results: Boys (final): Kozhikode bt Ernakulam 2-0 (S.R. Arun Vishnu bt Dilip T. Jacob 15-5, 15-10; Arun Vishnu/Ram C. Vijay bt Pradeep Jayakumar/Arjun Nair 15-3, 15-3).

Semifinals: Kozhikode bt Thrissur 2-0 (Arun Vishnu bt P.H. Sooraj 15-3, 15-7; Arun Vishnu/Ram C. Vijay bt Sooraj/Bennet Antony 15-3, 15-7).

Ernakulam bt Thiruvananthapuram 2-0 (Arjun Nair bt H.S. Pranoy 9-15, 15-4, 15-13; Pradeep Jayakumar/Dilip T. Jacob bt Pranoy/Muraleekrishnan 15-6, 15-11.

Girls (final): Kozhikode bt Ernakulam 2-0 (M. Sruthi bt Megha Ninan 11-1, 11-0; Sruthi/S. Sindhu bt Megha Ninan/Daya Elsa Jacob 15-1, 15-5.

Semifinals: Kozhikode bt Malappuram 2-0 (Sruthi bt Neethu Krishna 11-11-1, Sruthi/Sindhu bt Neethu Krishna & Minu Mol 15-2, 15-3).

Ernakulam bt Thiruvananthapuram 2-1 (Megha Ninan bt Neethu Chandran 11-5, 11-0; Megha Ninan/Daya Elsa Jacob lost to Prija/Nanditha 10-15, 17-14, 15-17; P.S. Anumol bt Prija 11-0, 8-11, 11-3).

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