Karnataka claims girls singles, doubles titles

Thursday, December 27, 2007, 21:33 [IST]

Nellore, Dec 27 (UNI) Karnataka tonight won the girls singles and doubles titles in the Junior National Badminton Championship here.

In the finals, fourth seeded V Ruth Misha of Karnataka defeated third seeded N Sikki Reddy of Andhra Pradesh 21-23, 21-17, 21-12.

In the doubles finals, Karnataka's Aswhini Ponnappa and Nitya Sosale trounced P C Thulasi (Ker) and N Sikki Reddy (AP) 16-21, 27-25, 21-17.

Meanwhile, top seeded R M V Guru Sai Dutt of Andhra Pradesh won the boys singles title by defeating fourth seeded Abhimanyu Singh of Madhya Pradesh 17-21, 21-13, 21-17.

Kerala's Bennet Antony and P H Suraj won the boys doubles title defeating Arun Nandaluri (Air India) and Anil Kumar Raju (AP) 21-17, 21-18.

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Topics: SPORTS-BADMINTON-JR NATIONAL

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