Date:27/06/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/27/stories/2008062756642000.htm

Sport - Badminton

Srikant, Nidhi win titles

NEW DELHI: Srikant Bakshi and Nidhi Tiwari won the men’s and women’s titles respectively in the 19th Pt. Tirath Ram memorial badminton tournament at the Government School No.2, Ludlow Castle, here.

The results (finals):

Men: Srikant Bakshi bt Amit Sharma 21-14, 21-14. Women: Nidhi Tiwari bt Nupur Sachdeva 21-15, 21-19.

Boys:

Under-19: Ashish Sharma bt Rishab Talreja 21-11, 21-15; Under-16: Ashish Sachdeva bt Yasin Nain 14-21, 21-71, 21-11; Under-13: Rishab Sahdev bt Gaurav Deswal 21-12, 21-14; Under-10: Yohaan Abraham bt Sidhant Chopra 21-7, 21-4.

Girls:

Under-19: Nidhi Tiwari bt Shradha Srivastav 21-17, 21-18; Under-16: Shambhavi Bajaj bt Sanskriti Chhabra 27-25, 21-10; Under-13: Gauri Asija bt Kanika Kanwal 21-19, 21-5; Under-10: Kanika Kanwal bt Tavish Sangi 21-7, 21-4.

Veterans (above 35): Vijay Sharma bt Srikant Bakshi 22-20, 21-18.