Devang, Divyanshi claim titles in badminton championship
The Moradabad player Devang created a major upset in the semi-finals, defeating top seed Sumit Tiwari 21-14, 17-21, 21-14 in one of the most closely contested matches of the tournament. Both players engaged in long rallies, smashes, cross-court shots and drops, but luck appeared to favour Devang as he secured a place in the final.
In the final, Devang emerged victorious against Prakhar Tiwari of Prayagraj in straight games, 21-10, 21-16.
In the girls' singles, top seed Divyanshi Gautam comfortably defeated Rudrakshi Rana of Meerut 21-09, 21-14. Her combination of cross-court placings and drops proved too much for her opponent. Rudrakshi attempted to fight back with smashes but couldn't gain points, while Divyanshi executed multiple down-the-line smashes to win crucial rallies.
The girls' doubles title was claimed by Adiya Yadav (Gorakhpur) and Ridhima Singh (Moradabad), who overcame the Agra pair of Palak Yadav and Sanghmitra Gautam 21-11, 21-17.
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Abhishek Kushwaha (GGSSC) secured two titles. Playing alongside Kapil Salonia, he won the boys' doubles by defeating Nizamuddin (Sitapur) and Sumit Jaiswal (Kanpur) 21-17, 21-13. He then partnered with Riddhi Bhardwaj (Hapur) to outplay Kapil Salonia and Aditya Yadav (Gorakhpur) 21-16, 21-18 in the mixed doubles.
After the finals, chief guest Ramesh Awasthi MP, special guest Arun Pathak (MLC), Bhanu Prasad (RSO), Dr Mohit Agarwal President IMMA Bahraich, AK Agarwal president, Manoj Pandey chairman KDBA, and Sanjeev Dixit (chairman JMD) presented the trophies and cash prizes to the winners.
MP Awasthi announced on this occasion plans to organise a MP Khel Mahotsav.
Two upcoming badminton players, the Khatri brothers--Shardool and Kandarp---were also felicitated by KDBA for their double success in the under-13 state badminton championship, with KDMA presenting them a cash prize of Rs 5100 each.
Others present at the event included DP Singh, Maheep Saxena, Hemant Tiwari, Saurabh Srivastava, Ashutosh Satyam Jha, Ashish Gaur, Keshav Dwivedi and other office bearers of KDBA.
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