PANAJI (GOA)

Anura Prabhu Desai of Goa won a Gold and a Silver at the All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament 2017 at Sikkim. In Women’s singles, Anura, the top seed, defeated Shruti Mundada 21-13, 21-17 in the semi finals. In the finals, she brought down Maharashtra’s Vaishnavi Bhale [5] 21-16, 18-21, 21-19 in a thrilling match.

In women’s doubles, Anura  and Vasinavi who were seeded 3rd teamed up and looked all set to clinch the title after winning the first set, but fell short of closing it out, losing 21-18, 17-21, 17-21 to 4th seeds Dhanya Nair and Ashna Roy.  Earlier, Anura / Vaishnavi had knocked out the top seeded pair of Agna Anto and Sneha Santhilal 21-17, 21-14 in the semi finals.