Date:29/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/29/stories/2008102956011800.htm

Sport - Badminton

Double for Mohita Sahdev

NEW DELHI: Mohita Sahdev won a double crown as she captured the women’s singles and doubles titles in the third Pramod Mahajan memorial badminton tournament at the AIIMS Gymkhana Hall here.

Mohita defeated Nidhi Tiwari 14-21, 21-15, 21-10 for the singles title and joined hands with Meenakshi Nayar to beat Shradha Srivastav and Nidhi Tiwari 24-21, 21-11 in the doubles final.

The results:

Men (pre-quarterfinals): Davinder Dhillon bt Bhaskar Chakraborty 21-23, 21-15, 21-17; Guranshu Chopra b Gaurav Sharma 21-5, 21-18; Shrikant Bakshi bt Apoorv Vij 21-10, 21-8; Himanshu Kharbanda bt Manjeet Singh 21-14, 21-18; Rajeev Bajaj bt Nitin Mahiwal 21-15, 21-12; Abhinav Prakash bt Rajesh Swami 21-15, 21-12; Rudra Kaushik bt Vijay Sharma 21-11, 21-18; Tanvir Gill bt Deepak Sharma 21-14, 22-20.

Women (final): Mohita Sahdev bt Nidhi Tiwari 14-21, 21-15, 21-10; Doubles (final): Mohita Sahdev and Meenakshi Nayar bt Shradha Srivastav and Nidhi Tiwari 24-21, 21-11.

Girls: Under-16 (quarterfinals): Shreya Agarwal bt Deepisha Solanki 21-14, 21-15; Yamini Kulesh bt Nisha Nain 21-7, 21-8; Ananya Nagar bt Shambhavi Bajaj 21-16, 21-19; Grishma Anand bt Rashmeet Kaur 21-11, 21-14.

Under-13 (quarterfinals): Gauri Asija bt Rujuta 14-21, 21-10, 21-14; Akanshi bt Sumedha 21-8, 21-18; Noor Chatwal b Sukti Ralli 21-12, 21-14; Kanika Kanwal bt Ekta Moorthy 21-13, 21-3.