Date:25/09/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/09/25/stories/2006092508441800.htm

Sport - Badminton

Chitralekha, Rajiv triumph

NEW DELHI: Rajiv Bajaj and Chitralekha won the men's and women's titles respectively in the J.D. Tytler memorial Delhi State ranking badminton tournament here on Sunday.

The results (finals):

Men: Rajiv Bajaj bt Tanvir Gill 5-21, 21-19, 21-18. Doubles: Davinder Dhillon/ Praveen Gehlawat bt Tanvir Gill/ Ajay Kanwar 21-18, 18-21, 21-19.

Boys: Under-19: Bharat Bajaj bt Abhishek Ahlawat 21-11, 21-23, 21-19. Doubles: Abhishek Ahlawat/ Nitin Maniwal bt Gauransh Chopra/ Abhinav Prakash 25-23, 18-21, 21-15.

Under-16: Kaustav Das bt Bharat Bajaj 19-21, 22-20, 21-16.

Under-13: Bhaskar Chakraborty bt Harshvardhan Bisht 21-16, 26-24. Doubles: Bhaskar Chakraborty/ Harshvardhan Bisht bt Vaibhav Kotnala/ Gaurav Deswal 21-16, 21-8.

Under-10: Shikhar Aggarwal bt Lakshay 21-19, 21-17.

Women: Chitralekha bt Gayatri Mehndiratta 21-16, 21-17. Doubles: Meenakshi/ Gauri Chopra bt Kritika/ Sujata 21-14, 21-14.

Girls: Under-19: Chitralekha bt Mohita Sahdev 21-15, 21-15.

Under-16: Priyanka Arya bt Neetika 21-19, 20-22, 21-16. Doubles: Shreya Aggarwal/ Peppino bt Priyanka/ Neetika 16-21, 22-20, 24-22.