<p>Aditya, who went down to Guru Sai Dutt 21-16, 10-21, 18-21 in a hard-fought men’s singles final last month in Ranchi, along with the men’s doubles bronze medal winners Moheet Kamat and S Venkatesh Prasad were honoured by the Karnataka Badminton Association here on Thursday. <br /><br />Aditya received Rs 15,000 while Moheet and Venkatesh got Rs 5,000 each from the KBA treasurer Sri Gopal Sarda. “Playing at the National Games was a very good experience,” said 20-year-old Aditya before thanking his coaches and mentors for giving him support and motivation.<br /><br />“It’s a good start to the year and now I am looking forward to put up a steady show in the Polish Open and then at the Croatian Open. <br /><br />This silver medal will be a motivation for me to face bigger challenges in the coming season,” added the former National junior champion. Polish Open is scheduled to be held from March 24-27 while the Croatian Open will be played from March 31 to April 3.<br /><br />Elaborating on the title round match against Guru, the second year Bcom student of SBM Jain College said: “I mixed it up a little bit in the final and tried too much which caused my downfall.”</p>
<p>Aditya, who went down to Guru Sai Dutt 21-16, 10-21, 18-21 in a hard-fought men’s singles final last month in Ranchi, along with the men’s doubles bronze medal winners Moheet Kamat and S Venkatesh Prasad were honoured by the Karnataka Badminton Association here on Thursday. <br /><br />Aditya received Rs 15,000 while Moheet and Venkatesh got Rs 5,000 each from the KBA treasurer Sri Gopal Sarda. “Playing at the National Games was a very good experience,” said 20-year-old Aditya before thanking his coaches and mentors for giving him support and motivation.<br /><br />“It’s a good start to the year and now I am looking forward to put up a steady show in the Polish Open and then at the Croatian Open. <br /><br />This silver medal will be a motivation for me to face bigger challenges in the coming season,” added the former National junior champion. Polish Open is scheduled to be held from March 24-27 while the Croatian Open will be played from March 31 to April 3.<br /><br />Elaborating on the title round match against Guru, the second year Bcom student of SBM Jain College said: “I mixed it up a little bit in the final and tried too much which caused my downfall.”</p>
