Nishad stuns Amar to clinch U-16 title

Vijayawada, Nov 4: Thirteen-year-old Assam girl Krishna Deka Raja bagged the sub-junior and mini-girls singles titles in the mini badmint...

Vijayawada, Nov 4: Thirteen-year-old Assam girl Krishna Deka Raja bagged the sub-junior and mini-girls singles titles in the mini badminton Nationals here today. In the sub-junior boys singles finals, third seed Nishad Dravid of Maharashtra defeated his statemate and top seed Amar Mohite 15-11, 5-15, 15-5.

In the mini-boys singles finals, fourth seed Anshuman Hazarika of Assam beat Anand Pawar of Maharashtra 15-9, 15-8.

Krishna, seventh seed in mini-girls singles, beat third seed Aditi Mutatkar of Maharashtra 11-4, 11-3 in 25 minutes in the finals, while in sub-junior girls singles she upset the second seed MV Saritha of Karnataka 11-9, 11-7 in 30 minutes.

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Other Results (all final)
Sub-junior boys doubles: N Dravid/ Amar Mohite bt Bindin Balan/ Veenit Manuel 12-15 17-15 15-12.

Mini-boys doubles: Anand Pawar/ Anshuman Hazarika bt T Dinesh/ P Kashyap 15-12 15-2.

Sub-junior girls doubles: BN Aswani/ MV Saritha bt Krishna Deka Raja/ Abantika Deka 15-2 15-0.

Mini-girlsdoubles: Avantika Deka/ Anjali bt Rimi Hazarika/ Abida 15-11 15-8.