Sixth seed Prakash Jolly and fourth seed Jacqueline Rose Kunnath clinched the men’s and women’s singles titles in the State Badminton Championships here on Thursday.
Jolly registered a hard-fought 18-21, 21-5, 21-17 win over third seed Abhishek Yeligar in the men’s final while Jacqueline eased to a 21-9, 21-11 victory against seventh seed Arsheen Syeda Saadath to capture the women’s crown.
Results (all finals, prefix denotes seedings): Men’s singles: 6-Prakash Jolly K (Tom's) bt 3-Abhishek Yeligar (Dharwad) 18-21, 21-5, 21-17. Men’s doubles: 3-Guruprasad D (CB)/ Vineeth Manuel (SAI) bt 1-Adarsh Kumar S (KBA)/ Venkatesh Prasad (AGS) 19-21, 21-10, 21-8. Men’s doubles: 45+: 1-Jayaram Pai (Sagar)/ Manjunatha M (Shimoga) bt 3-Harisha AT/ Ravi K (CUCT) 21-14, 21-13. Boys’ singles: U-19: Daniel Farid S (PPBA) bt 1-Harshit Aggarwal (PPBA) 23-21, 17-21, 21-18. Women’s singles: 4-Jacqueline Rose Kunnath (Tom’s) bt 7-Arsheen Syeda Saadath (ECA) 21-9, 21-11.