State badminton: Maheshwari wins women's title
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 26 2023:
National player and top seed Ksh Maheshwari Devi (IEDBA) on Wednesday defended her women's singles crown by defeating second-seeded Vilinda Huidrom (IWDBA) 21-16, 21-13 in the 67th State Open Badminton Championships 2023 held at MBA Indoor Stadium, DMU Campus.
The pair of Naorem Purnima & Somibala M (KDBA) won the women's doubles title with a hard fought 23-21, 24-22 victory over L Diana Devi & Vilinda Huidrom (IWDBA) .
N Purnima later teamed up with K Unilkumar (KDBA/TDBA) to clinch the mixed doubles crown by beating her partner Somibala M and O Aimson Singh (KDBA/ BDBA) 21-18, 21-7 .
In men's singles semi fi nal, second seeded Bidyasagar Salam (IWDBA) cruised past sev enth-seeded L Unilkumar 21-13,21 12, while top seed H Malemnganba Singh (BDBA) beat third-seeded Sirzeet M (IEDBA) 21-11, 21-17 .
In men's doubles, second-seeded H Rohenkumar Singh & RK Alen Singh (BDBA) outlasted fourth-seeded Kh Punsiba & L Unilkumar (IWDBA/TDBA) 21-13, 26-24 in the semifinal match to set up summit clash against top-seeded pair of K Dingku Singh & Kh Manjit Singh (BDBA), who defeated their district teammates Brikson Singh & H Malemnganba Singh 21-14,23-21 .
Meanwhile, in U-15 boys & girls' singles, Sushanta M (KDBA) and top seed Leonie Tayenjam were respectively crowned the champions.
Sushanta defeated third-seeded Martin Ingudam (BDBA) 21-18,21-14, while Leonie dominated second seeded Ch Bellarix Devi (IWDBA) 21-7, 21-7 .
In U-15 boys' doubles final, Ch Bose Singh & S Shyamchandra Singh (IWDBA) emerged victorious over O Charles Babbage Singh & Samson Salam (BDBA) at 21-17, 21-8 .
Ch Bose also added the U-15 mixed doubles crown with L Nandita Devi (IWDBA/IEDBA) by getting better of top seed pair of M Suraj Singh & Ch Bellarix (IWDBA) 21-8, 21-11 .
On the other hand, Kakching District Badminton Association (KDBA) and Imphal East District Badminton Association (IEDBA) were respectively crowned Junior Boys & Girls champions of the 40th Inter District Badminton Championships 2023 .
In the finals held at MBA Indoor Stadium, DMU Campus on Wednesday, KDBA defeated Thoubal District Badminton Association (TDBA) by 2-0 set margin in junior boys as Elangbam Shitaljit Singh won the first boys singles before K Dayananda Singh & Wahengbam Juvaraj sealed the doubles match.
Similarly, in junior girls' team competition, IEDBA overcome BDBA 2-0 with Moirangthem Priya Devi emerging victorious in the first girls match and pair of Konsam Gunian Devi & M Priya winning the doubles match.