Yeligar, Rujula champions

Bengaluru: Abhishek Yeligar weighed in with his experience to battle past Ayush R Shetty in the men’s singles final at the State badminton ch- ampionships here on Friday.
Rujula Ramu (Patel’s Inn) emerge champion among women with a convincing 21-8, 21-11 win over Alfiya Riyaz Basari in the title round. However, Neysa Cariappa (PPBA) denied Rujula a double as she clinched the U-19 crown with a 14-21, 21-14, 21-18 scoreline.
In the men’s final, Ayush, who was eyeing a singles double, drew level after dropping the first game.But Yeligar recovered in time to prevail 21-13, 17-21, 21-17. There was consolation for Ayush (PPBA) as he took home the U-19 trophy after his opponent Aruj Maheswari retired while trailing 3-1 in the opening game.
Sai Pratheek and Ashwini Bhat won double crowns in the doubles category. While Sai and Suhas V beat Nithin HV and Vaibhaav Vaibhaav 21-17, 21-18 in the men’s final, Ashwini and Shikha Gautam (YPBA) downed Apeksha Nayak and Ramya Venkatesh 21-7 21-14 for the women’s doubles crown.
Later, Sai Pratheek and Ashwini combined to clinch the mixed doubles title, prevailing over Kiran Kumar and Apeksha Nayak 21-17, 5-3 (retd).
Results (all finals): Men: Singles: Abhishek Yeligar bt Ayush R Shetty 21-13, 17-21, 21-17. Doubles: Sai Pratheek/ Suhas V bt Nithin HV/ Vaibhaav Vaibhaav 21-17, 21-18.Women: Singles: Rujula Ramu bt Alfiya Riyaz Basari 21-8, 21-11. Doubles: Ashwini Bhat/ Shikha Gautam bt Apeksha Nayak/ Ramya Venkatesh 21-7 21-14.Mixed doubles: Sai Pratheek/ Ashwini bt Kiran Kumar/Apeksha Nayak 21-17, 5-3 (retd). U-19: Boys: Singles: Ayush R Shetty bt Aruj Maheswari 3-1 (retd). Doubles: Aditya Diwakar/ Tarun Basavaraj bt Abhishek KK/ Laksh Chengappa14-21, 21-15, 26-24.Girls: Singles: Neysa Cariappa bt Rujula Ramu 14-21, 21-14, 21-18. Doubles: Vriddhi Ponnamma/ Aditi Deepak Raj bt Aradhana Balachandra/ Muskaan Khan 21-16, 12-21, 21-19.Mixed doubles: Abhishek KK / Muskaan Khan bt Dhanush Gowda / Aditi Deepak Raj 21-14, 16-21, 21-18.