PANAJI
Tanisha Crasto and Arjun Fallary won triple crowns while Aashrun Gautam and Sushil Nayak won double crowns each, at the All Goa Junior Major Ranking Badminton Championship organised by Sunny Sports Club in collaboration with Goa Badminton Association and the Sports Authority of Goa.
In the finals contested at Indoor stadium, Campal, Aashrun won the Junior (U19) Boys Singles title while the U17 Boys singles title was won by Sushil Nayak. In the girls section, Tanisha Crasto, who has won 4 medals for Goa in the last one year, exhibited her class and superiority, winning both the Under 17 and Under 19 Girls singles titles. In the doubles events, Aashrun combined with Arjun Fallary to pocket the Under 19 Boys doubles title while Arjun and Sushil lifted the Under 17 Boys doubles title with a hard fought win in the finals. In Under 19 Girls doubles, the top seeded pair of Yasmin Sayed and Neha Sahakari emerged triumphant while Arjun and Tanisha emerged victorious in the Under 19 Mixed doubles event. Sunita Sawant, Dy Superintendent of Police, Sandeep Heble, Secretary, Goa Badminton Association, Mr. Hilary Fernandes and Mr Darwin Barreto, Sports organisers, Mr. Luciano Saores, Tournament Director, and Tournament officials Roy Ataide and Pradosh Silimkhan graced the finals.
Following are the results and the final standings:
Under 17 Girls Singles Finals
Tanisha Crasto bt Yasmin Sayed 21-10, 21-17
Under 17 Boys Singles Finals
Sushil Nayak bt Shourya Joshi 21-19, 20-22, 21-15
Under 19 Girls Singles Finals
Tanisha Crasto bt Yasmin Sayed 21-17, 21-6
Under 19 Boys Singles Finals
Aashrun Gautam bt Shourya Joshi 21-4, 21-11
Under 17 Boys Doubles Finals
Sushil Nayak / Arjun Fallary bt Shourya Joshi / Rudra Dukle 14-21, 21-8, 21-16
Under 19 Girls Doubles Finals
Yasmin Sayed / Neha Sahakari bt Aahana Nayak / Lesha Lotlikar 21-10, 21-9
Under 19 Boys Doubles Finals
Aashrun Gautam / Arjun Fallary bt Yash Kunkolienker / Mehul Jirage 21-18, 21-13
Under 19 Mixed Doubles Finals
Tanisha Crasto / Arjun Fallary bt Yasmin Sayed / Sushil Nayak 20-22, 21-11, 21-6
Final Standings:
Under 17 Girls Singles
Winner – Tanisha Crasto
Runner up – Yasmin Sayed
Semi Finals – Aahana Nayak and Sachi Dhavalikar
Under 17 Boys Singles
Winner – Sushil Nayak
Runner up – Shourya Joshi
Semi Finals – Arjun Fallary and Rudra Dukle
Under 19 Girls Singles
Winner – Tanisha Crasto
Runner up – Yasmin Sayed
Semi Finals – Neha Sahakari and Aahana Nayak
Under 19 Boys Singles
Winner – Aashrun Gautam
Runner up – Shourya Joshi
Semi Finals – Arjun Fallary and Yash Kunkolienker
Under 17 Boys Doubles
Winner – Sushil Nayak / Arjun Fallary
Runner up – Shourya Joshi / Rudra Dukle
Semi Finals – Ayaan Sheikh / Yash Halarnkar and Aryaman Saraf / Chetan Magdum
Under 19 Girls Doubles
Winner – Yasmin Sayed / Neha Sahakari
Runner up – Aahana Nayak / Lesha Lotlikar
Semi Finals – Malaika Lobo / Saluni Naik and Sachi Dhavalikar / Rhea Mallya
Under 19 Boys Doubles
Winner – Aashrun Gautam / Arjun Fallary
Runner up – Yash Kunkolienker / Mehul Jirage
Semi Finals – Sushil Nayak / Anup Kushwaha and Shourya Joshi / Rudra Dukle
Under 19 Mixed Doubles
Winner – Tanisha Crasto / Arjun Fallary
Runner up – Yasmin Sayed / Sushil Nayak
Semi Finals – Rhea Mallya / Yash Kunkolienker and Sachi Dhavalikar / Anup Kushwaha
