Saneeth, Rujulu are champs

Bengaluru: Saneeth S Dayanand and Rujula Ramu scored contrasting victories to emerge champions in the men and women’s category respectively at the state ranking badminton tournament that concluded at the KBA here on Tuesday. In the men’s title round, Saneeth got past Pruthvi K Roy 21-14, 21-18. In the corresponding women’s event, Rujula Ramu dropped the first game 22-24 against Drithi Yatheesh but rallied to take the next two 21-15, 21-9.Rujula was denied a double by Neysa Cariappa, who claimed the U-19 girls title with a hard-fought 17-21, 22-20, 21-19. In the U-19 boys final, Ayush R Shetty thwarted a spirited challenge from Tushar Suveer to emerge a 22-20, 23-21 victor. Nithin HV bagged a double in doubles. He won the men’s doubles partnering Vaibhav and the mixed doubles title along with Janani Ananthakumar.Results (all finals): Men: Singles: Saneeth S Dayanand bt Pruthvi K Roy 21-14, 21-18; Doubles: Nithin HV/ Vaibhav bt Kushal Raj/ Prakash Raj 15-21, 26-24, 23-21; Mixed doubles: Nithin HV/ Janani Ananthakumar bt Kiran Kumar/ Apeksha Nayak 20-22, 21-12, 21-17.U-19: Singles: Ayush R Shetty bt Tushar Suveer 22-20, 23-21. Doubles: Aditya Diwakar/ Tarun Basavaraj Morab bt Sumith AR/ Chris Anjen Baptist 16-21, 25-23, 21-15.Women: Singles: Rujula Ramu bt Drithi Yatheesh 22-24, 21-15, 21-9; Doubles: Apeksha Nayak/ Ramya Venkatesh bt Gloria V Athavale/ Rashmi Ganesh 10-21, 21-15, 21-13. U-19: Singles: Neysa Cariappa bt Rujula Ramu 17-21, 22-20, 21-19. Doubles: Gayathri Rani Jaiswal/ Karnika Sree bt Aradhana Balachandra/ Muskaan Khan 21-8, 21-12. Mixed doubles: Harshvardhan Kothari/ Aradhana Balachandra bt Dhanush Gowda/ Aditi Deepak Raj 23-21, 21-15.