Saili Rane(pic) representing Air India took the Girls U-19 title at the Sushant Chipalkati All India Junior Major Ranking Badminton Tournament at the Modern sports complex stadium pune on Sunday.She beat sixth seeded Tanvi Lad of Maharashtra 21-17,22-20 in the final . Tanvi Lad on the way to the final had send packing the third seed Daya Elsa Jacob, but could not maintain the same form with top seeded Saili Rane. Saili Rane however had cruised comfortably thru the earlier rounds , Thou she found the going tough in the final set against Tanvi lad , she managed to close the second game and the title which was almost slipping out of her hand.
In the boys U-16 singles the Kerala boy Arun George was extended to full by Aditya Joshi of Madhya Pradesh before he could win the trophy .Arun who did not concede any game till the final day had to go full throttle to stay in the game. The first game was fought equally well and was extended before Arun could gather two consecutive points and close the game 22-20.In the second game Arun looked totally lost as Adithy maintained his lead from start and won the game 21-13. Arun was back with a bang in the third and truly justified his no 1 Seeding and walked away with the game and match.Arun later went on to win U-16 boys doubles partnering Santosh Ravuri.
The U-19 boys title went to Sameer Varma of MadhyaPradesh ,he beat the Srikanth of Andhra Pradesh 21-23 21-4 21-12.
The Results :
Boys Singles U-13: Chirag Sen Beat C Rahul Yadav 22-20 21-17.Girls Singles U-13 : V Harika Beat Shikha Rajesh Gautam 21-19,21-17.Boys Singles U-16: Arun George Beat Adithya Joshi 22-20,13-21,21-10. Girls Singles U-16: Rituparna Das Beat D. Sudha Kalyani 21-18 21-14. Boys Singles U-19 : Sameer Varma Beat Srikanth 21-23,21-4,21-12.Girls Singles U -19: Saili Rane Beat Tanvi Lad 21-17,22-20.
