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PUNE, Jan 7: Top seeded Abhinsham Gupta of Air India will clash with Vijay Lancy of Maharashtra in the finals of the men's singles in the...

By: Express News Service

January 8, 1999 12:00 AM IST

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PUNE, Jan 7: Top seeded Abhinsham Gupta of Air India will clash with Vijay Lancy of Maharashtra in the finals of the men’s singles in the Vth VV Natu Memorial All India Badminton Tournament organised by the PDMBA.

In the semi-finals Abhinsham ousted teammate B Kiran Kumar in straight games 15-5, 15-7. A well fought tussle, lasting 41 minutes, saw Kiran Kumar put on a brave fight giving nothing away. However the top seeded Abhinsham has proved his ranking in the tournament so far.

In the other semi-final Vijay Lancy of Maharashtra won in identical fashion in two straight games over compatriot Nimesh Goyal 15-9, 15-2. After winning the first set with a little effort the second was easy going for him. His accurate baseline serves and smashes were too good for Nimesh to handle. Nimesh conceded with only two points to his credit.

In the women’s section top seeded Manjusha Kanwar of Maharashtra will lock horns with second seed PVV Laxmi of Andhra Pradesh for the women’s title.

Manjusha Kanwar downed Nirmala Kotnis 11-5, 11-6 in a 25 minute long encounter. PVV Laxmi’s victory over Archana Deodhar was rather effortless, the former winning in straight games 11-2, 11-2.

Results
Women: Singles: (S/F): Manjusha Kanwar (Mah) b Nirmala Kotnis (AI) 11-5, 11-6; PVV Laxmi (AP) b Archana Deodhar (Mah) 11-2, 11-2.
Doubles: (Q/F): Manjusha Kanwar and Archana Deodhar (Mah) b Pashmina Desai and Jayashree Bedarkar (Mah) 15-3, 15-4; Vinaya Shetty and Kirti Kadam (Rly) b Kranti Sane and Sim Sim Salaria (Mah) 15-3, 15-1; Ketaki Thakar and D Sweta (AI) b M Radhika and C H Deepti (AP) 15-6, 15-9; PVV Laxmi and G Sharda Reddy (AP) b Trupti Murgunde and Meena Patwardhan (Mah) 15-5, 15-5.

MEN: Singles (S/F): Abhinsham Gupta (AI) b Kiran Kumar (AI) 15-5, 15-7; Vijay Lancy (Mah) b Nimesh Goyal (Mah) 15-9, 15-2.
(Q/F): Abhinsham Gupta (AI) b Amrish Shinde (Rly) 15-17, 15-11, 15-0; B Kiran Kumar (AI) b B Chetanand (AI) 15-6, 11-15, 15-6; Nimesh Goyal (Mah) b JBS Vidyadhar (Rly) 15-10, 15-1; Vijay Lancy (Mah) b Parag More (AI) 15-13, 15-8.

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