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Tuesday, Mar 22, 2005

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Double for Anshuman

BANGALORE, MARCH 21. Anshuman of GE claimed a grand double in the Ventures conducted Corporate badminton tournament at the KBA- Rahenja stadium here. Anshuman first downed Rishi Mehrotra of Oracle 15-3, 15-13 to claim the men's singles title and then partnered Chandana to annexe the mixed doubles title winning 15-11, 17-16 against the Infosys duo of Reshma and Shashwat. The two were responsible for GE winning the C.V. Gideon Memorial Trophy for overall team champions with 28 points.

The results: (All finals): Team event:

Oracle India bt Global Symphony Services 2-1 (Bobby bt Harsha 17-16, 7-4 (conceded); Rishi/Pramod lost to Harish/Harsha 9-15, 5-15; Rishi bt Harish 15-4, 12-15, 15-9).

For third place: IBM-2 bt HP 2-1. Plate Cup final: GE bt IBM-1 2-1.

Open events: Men's singles: Anshuman (GE) bt Rishi (Oracle) 15-3, 15-13.

Women's singles: Smitha Rao (Thomson) bt Reshma Pai (Infosys) 10-13, 11-9, 11-1.

Women's doubles: Reshma Pai/Yasmeen (Infosys) bt Chandana/Lekha (GE) 15-3, 15-2.

Mixed doubles: Chandana/Anshuman (GE) bt Reshma Pai/Shashwat (Infosys) 15-11, 17-16.

Funky- Men's doubles: Ramakrishna (Ventures)/Ajay (HP) bt Sabo (IBM)/Shashwat (Infosys) 15-4, 15-3.

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