Date:28/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/28/stories/2008072854631800.htm

Sport - Badminton

Virudhunagar dominates

Sivakasi: Virudhunagar boys and girls cornered glory by winning most of the titles in the State junior badminton-ranking tournament, organised by the Virudhunagar District Badminton Association, at the A.J. Stadium, here on Sunday.

A.K. Sudarsan (under-16) and S. Poun Sharath (u-13) in the boys’ section and S. Darshini (u-19) in the girls’ section, all from Virudhunagar, won two titles (singles and doubles) each.

The results (all finals):

Boys: U-19: Singles: Md. Zameer (Vlr) bt V. Velavan (Che) 12-21, 21-14, 21-11; Doubles: B. Velavan & Md. Zameer bt S.C. Aditya & S. Karthik 21-9, 21-16.

U-16: Singles: A.K. Sudarsan (Vrd) bt C. Aswin (Slm) 21-18, 21-19; Doubles: A.K. Sudarsan & Aswin bt Dharani Vasudevan & Surya Prakash 21-17, 21-14.

U-13: Singles: S. Poun Sharath (Vrd) bt S. Karan Rajan (Che) 21-19, 21-18; Doubles: S. Poun Sharath & Karan Rajan bt R. Raja Vishnu & Vishal Upendra 21-11, 21-12.

U-10: Singles: P.T. Harsath (Cbe) bt Akshay Srinivas (Che) 21-11, 21-10; Doubles: P.T. Harsath & Vijay Vardhan bt Akshay Srinivas & P.B. Athinadap 21-16, 21-16.

Girls: U-19: Singles: S. Darshini (Vdr) bt Amreen Mubarak (Vlr) 21-4, 21-18; Doubles: S. Darshini (Vrd) & K. Suneri (Che) bt Kanti Vishalakshi (Che) & Archana (Cbe) 21-11, 21-11.

U-16: Singles: Kanti Vishalakshi (Che) bt J. Merlyn Rachel (Mdu) 21-11, 21-12; Doubles: J. Persis & Merlyn (Mdu) bt M. Rohini (Che) & Aditi Anand (Cbe) 21-14, 21-15.

U-13: Singles: M. Roshini (Che) bt Reshmi S. Babu (Cbe) 21-10, 21-6; Doubles: M. Roshini (Che) & Aditi Anand (Cbe) bt Reshmi S. Babu & Sneha S. Kamath (Cbe) 2-15, 21-19.

U-10: Singles: S. Sumirta Devi (Vrd) bt S. Ramya (Cud) 21-11, 21-14.

Junior mixed doubles: Sunreri & B. Velavan bt S.C. Aditya & K. Vidya 21-16, 21-17.