<p>Anup Sridhar of Karnataka and Air India’s Tanvi Lad clinched the men’s and women’s singles titles in the Canara Bank all-India Senior-ranking badminton tournament at the KBA courts, here on Saturday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Sridhar eked out a hard-fought 21-18, 8-21, 21-14 victory over top seed Sourabh Varma of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) in the men’s final while Tanvi eased to a 21-17, 21-19 win over Rituparna Das of Andhra Pradesh in the women’s summit clash. <br /><br />After an error-prone and indiscplined performance in the semis, Sridhar was expected to come up with an improved show against the top ranked Varma and the Bangalore lad did not disappoint. <br /><br />In the first game, Sridhar dominated the early exchanges with his trademark smashes into the vacant areas of the court and well-judged dropped shots. After opening up a healthy five-point lead at 12-7, Sridhar lost his focus a little as Varma narrowed the deficit at 15-14 with some fine net play. <br /><br /> However, Sridhar got his act together soon to finish off the game at 21-18. <br /><br />Varma was a man possessed in the second game as he ran up a ten-point lead at 15-5. The PSPB lad played a brilliant all-round game getting his cracking forehand right at critical junctures to take the attack to Sridhar and keep the pressure on. The top seed wrapped up the game at 21-8 to silence the expectant gathering. <br /><br />Sridhar wasted no time revealing his intentions in the deciding third game as he racked up a 14-9 lead riding on his aggressive style before closing out the match comfortably at 21-14. <br /><br /><br /><br />Results (Prefix denotes seedings, all finals): Men’s singles: 2-Anup Sridhar (Kar) bt 1-Sourabha Varma (PET) 21-18, 8-21, 21-14. Men’s doubles: Pranaav Jerry Chopra (AAI)/ Akshay Dewalkar (AP) bt K Nanda Gopal/ T Hemanagendra Babu 21-9, 22-20. Women’s singles: 3-Tanvi Lad (AI) bt 2-Rituparna Das (AP) 21-17, 21-19. Women’s doubles: 3-Meghana J (AP)/ Siki Reddy N (AAI) bt 1-Prajakta Sawant (PET)/ Arathi Sara Sunil (Ker) 21-19, 21-19. <br /><br />Mixed doubles: 1-Tarun Kona/ Ashwini Ponnappa (PET) bt 2-K Nanda Gopal/ Siki Reddy 21-14, 21-14.</p>
<p>Anup Sridhar of Karnataka and Air India’s Tanvi Lad clinched the men’s and women’s singles titles in the Canara Bank all-India Senior-ranking badminton tournament at the KBA courts, here on Saturday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Sridhar eked out a hard-fought 21-18, 8-21, 21-14 victory over top seed Sourabh Varma of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) in the men’s final while Tanvi eased to a 21-17, 21-19 win over Rituparna Das of Andhra Pradesh in the women’s summit clash. <br /><br />After an error-prone and indiscplined performance in the semis, Sridhar was expected to come up with an improved show against the top ranked Varma and the Bangalore lad did not disappoint. <br /><br />In the first game, Sridhar dominated the early exchanges with his trademark smashes into the vacant areas of the court and well-judged dropped shots. After opening up a healthy five-point lead at 12-7, Sridhar lost his focus a little as Varma narrowed the deficit at 15-14 with some fine net play. <br /><br /> However, Sridhar got his act together soon to finish off the game at 21-18. <br /><br />Varma was a man possessed in the second game as he ran up a ten-point lead at 15-5. The PSPB lad played a brilliant all-round game getting his cracking forehand right at critical junctures to take the attack to Sridhar and keep the pressure on. The top seed wrapped up the game at 21-8 to silence the expectant gathering. <br /><br />Sridhar wasted no time revealing his intentions in the deciding third game as he racked up a 14-9 lead riding on his aggressive style before closing out the match comfortably at 21-14. <br /><br /><br /><br />Results (Prefix denotes seedings, all finals): Men’s singles: 2-Anup Sridhar (Kar) bt 1-Sourabha Varma (PET) 21-18, 8-21, 21-14. Men’s doubles: Pranaav Jerry Chopra (AAI)/ Akshay Dewalkar (AP) bt K Nanda Gopal/ T Hemanagendra Babu 21-9, 22-20. Women’s singles: 3-Tanvi Lad (AI) bt 2-Rituparna Das (AP) 21-17, 21-19. Women’s doubles: 3-Meghana J (AP)/ Siki Reddy N (AAI) bt 1-Prajakta Sawant (PET)/ Arathi Sara Sunil (Ker) 21-19, 21-19. <br /><br />Mixed doubles: 1-Tarun Kona/ Ashwini Ponnappa (PET) bt 2-K Nanda Gopal/ Siki Reddy 21-14, 21-14.</p>
