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Hubert Miranda in line for a double

VISAKHAPATNAM: Hubert Miranda of Maharashtra is in line for a consecutive double crown after winning the plus 55 years doubles event in partnership with Sirish Nadkarni in the National veterans badminton championships here on Saturday.

The results: Men: Plus 45 years: Singles: Semifinals: Shyam Pardesi (Guj) bt Ashok Raman (Kar) 21-12, 10-21, 21-16; K.P. Vasant Kumar (Kar) bt Braj Raj Singh (Raj) 21-11, 21-18. Quarterfinals: Shyam bt Deepak Srivastava (MP) 21-13, 21-10; Ashok bt Jairam Pai (Kar) 21-13, 15-21, 21-18; Vasant bt Kiran Bhatia (Guj) 21-13, 21-8; Braj bt Basant Soni (MP) 21-11, 21-13; Doubles: Semifinals: Jairam Pai/ Vasant Kumar (Kar) bt Shyam/ Sunny Abraham (Ker) 21-19,17-21, 21-17; K.J. Roy/ John of Matha (Ker) bt Clifford Mendel/ Lol Mony (Ker) 22-20, 21-16. Quarterfinals: Shyam/ Sunny bt Selvaraj/ Sanker (Pondy) 21-11, 21-3; Jairam/ Vasant bt Hayat Khan/ S.K. Iyer (Mah) 21-16, 21-17; Roy/ John of Matha bt Basant/ A. Khosla (MP) 18-21, 21-16, 21-18; Mendis/ Lal (Ker) bt Braj Raj/ Deepak Sharma (Raj) 21-13, 21-12; Plus 55: Singles: Semifinals: Hubert Miranda (Mah) bt Rajlingu (AP) 21-9, 21-13; K. Raghavaiah (AP) bt Vikaskar (Mah) 21-19, 21-16; Quarterfinals: Miranda bt S.S. Tapan Chowdary (WB) 21-4, 21-8; Rajalingu bt S.S. Ghai (Mah) 21-16, 21-14; Raghavaiah bt Ramappa Prakash (AP) 21-16, 21-12; Doubles: Final: Hubert Miranda/ Sirish Nadkarni (Mah) bt Suhel Singh Ghai/ Anil Padgoankar (Mah) 21-11, 21-13; Women: Plus 35: Singles: Semifinals: B. Radhika (AP) bt K.P. Jyothi (AP) 21-5, 21-10; Manjusha Sahasrabudhe (Mah) bt Shroon George (Ker) 21-4, 21-2; Doubles: Final: Manjusha/ Rajasri Bhave (Mah) bt K. Savithri/ Anuradha (AP) 21-5, 21-4. Semifinals: Savithri/ Anuradha bt K. Vasantha/ Shroon (Ker) 21-15, 13-21, 21-19; Manjusha/ Rajasri bt Radhika/ Tanuja (AP) 21-9, 21-11.

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