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GHMC Badminton Championship: Four for Srivedya

Sathwik, Vignesh, Varshanth win two titles each at badminton.

G. Srivedya dished out her top level game as she clinched four titles in various categories while K. Sathwik Reddy emerged next best performer to win two titles, in the boys U-13 category and finished runner-up in the U-15 boys singles of the GHMC Annual Open Badminton Championship at the GHMC Ameerpet Sports Complex.

In the U-17 girls singles final, Srivedya outclassed Pallavi Joshi in straight games 21-11, 21-10 to take the trophy home.

Later, she paired up with V. Shriya to carve out a dominant victory over P. Meghana and Anshu Reddy in the U-17 girls doubles final. The scoreline read 21-2, 21-8.

Srivedya continued her fine run in the U-19 girls category too. In the singles final, the girl from CABA academy brushed aside Apex’s Meenal with a 21-18, 21-12 scoreline and later emerged winner in the doubles section too along with her partner Y. Shrey after beating the pair of Aishwarya T. K. & M. Vaishnavi with 21-15, 21-16 scoreline.

Meanwhile, K. Sathwik Reddy was another top performer in the contest. He got better of G. Akshat Reddy in the U-13 boys singles final to take top place on the podium. The verdict read 21-15, 21-13.

In the U-13 doubles final, Sathwik and Akshat partnered to put brakes on K. Roshan and Chandra Koushik to take the top honours with the scores reading 21-18, 21-17.

However, it was disappointment for Sathwik in the U-15 boys singles final.

Sathwik, who was in top form in the Under 13 categories, went down fighting to T. Vignesh in straight games. The scoreline displayed 15-21, 18-21.
The results (all finals)
Girls U-10 singles: N. Deepshika (AS Rao Academy) bt B. Hasini Reddy (PGBA) (21-8, 21-10). Boys singles: T.T. Gnana Dattu (Suchitra) bt S.V. Mahesh (Kayns) 21-12, 21-10.
Girls U-13 singles: Pallavi Joshi bt Sanvi 21-11, 21-8. Doubles: S. Sanvi (Caba)/ A. Drithi (Caba) bt Chatura (Sheikpet)/ Charishma (Sheikpet) 21-13, 21-18.
Boys U-13 singles: K. Sathwik Reddy bt G. Akshat Reddy 21-15, 21-13. Doubles: K. Sathwik Reddy/ G. Akshath Reddy bt K. Roshan/ Chandra Koushik 21-18, 21-17.
Girls U-15 singles: Anushophiya bt Meenal 21-15, 9-21, 21-16. Doubles: Pallavi Joshi/ Meenal (Apex) bt Rehana (LBS)/ Amatul 21-11, 21-17.
Boys U-15 singles: T. Vignesh bt K. Sathwik Reddy 21-15, 21-18. Doubles: V. V.Suhas/ T. Vignesh bt A. Janit (KPHB)/ P. Subash 21-19, 21-15.
Girls U-17 singles: Srivedya bt Pallavi Joshi 21-11, 21-10. Doubles: G. Srivedya/ V. Shriya bt P. Meghana/ Anshu Reddy 21-2, 21-8.
Boys U-17 singles: K. Varshanth Reddy D. Hari Vinayak 21-14, 11-21, 21-14. Doubles: G. Ganesh Sai/ K.Varshanth Reddy bt V. Akshay/ V. V.Suhas 21-12, 21-16.
Girls U-19 singles: Srivedya (Caba) bt Meenal (Apex) 21-18, 21-12. Doubles: Srivedya/ Y. Shrey bt Aishwarya T.K./ M. Vaishnavi 21-15, 21-16.
Boys U-19 singles: K. Varshanth Reddy bt Nikhil Kumar 21-18, 21-15. Doubles: Bhavadheer/ Prem C.S. bt K. Varshanth Reddy/ Ganesh Sai 21-15, 21-16.
Women’s singles: Poojitha (Caba) bt Mounya Sri 21-11, 21-17. Doubles: S.Jahnavi/ Poojitha bt Subbalaxmi/ B.C.Manjula 21-19, 21-11.
Men’s doubles: Vedu/ Jawahar bt Vamsi/ Avinash 21-18, 21-12. 40+ doubles: Ravi Kiran/ Rajesh bt Ranjith Puzhankara/ Sri Hari Raju 21-11, 21-14. 50+ doubles: Ashok Kumar Reddy/ Hemu bt Janardhan Reddy/ Gandhi 21-14, 21-16.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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