Ashish Jain and Meenal Jain both of Lokmat emerged winners of the singles men and women categories, respectively in the Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur organised Suyash Herbal Badminton Tournament for Media Employees. The tournament was held in association with Department of Physical Education and Sports, RTMNU and Nagpur District Badminton Association at Subhedar Hall.
In the men’s singles final, Jain defeated Mahesh Sarangi 21-17, 21-12 to clinch the title.
In women’s Singles title clash, Lokmat’s Meenal Jain beat Deepika Gedekar of Navbharat 25-23, 21-9.
In men’s doubles, the pair of Mahesh Sarangi and S S Ahmad of Navbharat defeated Lokmat’s Ashish Jain and Raviraj Ambadwar 22-20, 17-21, 21-15.
Mangesh Kashikar, Senior Vice-president, Maharashtra Badminton Association and Secretary, Nagpur District Badminton Association and Dr Sharad Suryawansh, Director, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University were the guests. Tournament Convenor Sujan Masid, SJAN Secretary Paritosh Pramanik, Treasurer Nilesh Deshpande, Kshitij Udar, Nikhil Kelapure and others were also present.
SJAN President Dr Ram Thakur conducted the prize distribution function.
Lokesh Gajendra, Muninder Badoni and Anup Kadwe were the referees.
Results
Men’s Singles Final:
Ashish Jain , (Lokmat) bt Mahesh Sarangi (Navbharat) 21-17, 21-12.
Men’s singles Semis
Mahesh Sarangi (Navbharat) bt Sujan Masid (Bhaskar) 15-9, 15-11; Ashish Jain (Lokmat) bt Rajesh Sharma (Lokmat) 15-6, 15-6
Women’s Singles Final: Meenal Jain (Lokmat) bt Deepika Gedekar (Navbharat) 25-23, 21-9.
Women’s Singles Semis:
Meenal Jain (Lokmat) bt Yamini Rampalliwar (Lokmat) 15-12, 15-10; Deepika Gedekar (Navbharat) bt Pranjali Sharma (Navbharat) 15-10, 11-15, 15-10.
Men’s Doubles Final:
Mahesh Sarangi-S S Ahmad (Navbharat) bt Ashish Jain-Raviraj Ambadwar (Lokmat) 22-20, 17-21, 21-5.
Men’s Doubles Semis:
Ashish Jain-Raviraj Ambadwar (Lokmat,) bt Rajesh Sharma-Pravin Kathane (Lokmat) 21-7, 21-10; Mahesh Sarangi-S S Ahmad (Navbharat) bt Sujan Masid-Balmukund Kadwe (Bhaskar) 21-9, 21-6.