Aditi-Vriddhi pair triumphs

Bengaluru: Second seeds Aditi Deepak Raj and Vriddhi BV Ponnamma of Karnataka won the U-15 girls doubles crown at the Ashwini Gupta memorial all-India sub-junior ranking badminton tournament at Panchkula on Sunday.
Aditi and Vriddhi, who train at the Chanakhya Badminton Academy, eased past sixth seeds Jashvitha Dangati (AP) and Anusanjana Murali (Telangana) 21-15, 21-15 in a final that lasted 36 minutes.
Meanwhile, 13th seed Hithaishree L Rajaiah of Karnataka, a Yadav Pro Badminton Academy trainee, settled for the silver, going down to top seed Adarshini Shri NB of Tamil Nadu in straight games at 6-21, 15-21 in 30 minutes.
Results: Finals: U-15: Singles: 1-Adarshini Shri NB (TN) bt 13-Hithaishree L Rajaiah (Kar) 21-6, 21-15.Doubles: 2-Aditi Deepak Raj/ Vriddhi BV Ponnamma (Kar) bt 6-Jashvitha Dangati (AP)/ Anusanjana Murali (TS) 21-15, 21-15.