Nagaland police retain title
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 05 2013:
Nagaland Police retained the title of the All India Police Badminton Championship by defeating Manipur police 2-1 in the final of the championship's 6th edition at MBA Indoor stadium, DMC Campus today.
Even though the defending champions suffered a jolt when Madhunemai outlasted his Nagaland rival Haiding 16-21, 21-14, 21-18 in the first singles, Rhovisei and Anchees restored parity with a 21-16, 20-22, 21-17 triumph over the Manipur duo of Madhunemai and nemai in the doubles competition.
Rhovisie then sealed victory by crushing Basanta Sharma 21-17, 21-13 in the second singles.
Earlier, Nagaland and Manipur advanced to the summit round with 2-0 set victories over CRPF and Mizoram respectively.
In the ladies' final Priya Dubey of Jharkhand will take on Sribala devi of Andhra Pradesh.