Sonal takes down top seed Swati to clinch All India Masters Ranking Badminton title

Sonal Jagdale of Railways upstaged the top seed Swati Sharma of Uttarakhand to lift the women’s 35 title at the All India Masters Ranking Badminton Tournament, being played at Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Sector 3.

Having lost the first game 13-21, Sonal upped the ante in the second to level the match with a nailbiting 24-22 finish. She built on the momentum to take the decided 21-14 in dominant fashion.

The men’s 35 final was a more straightforward affair, with Ravijot Singh romping home against Sahil Katlariya 21-9 21-8.

Ravijot had in the semifinal defeated Kaushik Pal 21-16 21-15, while Katlariya had ousted Prem Singh Chouhan21-14 21-10.

Sharma made up for the singles loss by teaming up with Anees Kowser J to take the women’s doubles title, defeating Nima Lekshmy KK and Prabinu Kabra 21-13 21-16. The men’s doubles crown, meanwhile, was lifted by Bennet Antony and Manjush Mohan KK, who beat Mohamed Rehan R and Jamsheed TK 21-16 21-18.

Antony and Sharma also combined for the mixed doubles final, which ended after their opponents, Rehan R and Kowser J, were forced to forfeit down 0-2 in the encounter.

Mayank Behal won the men’s 40 trophy by recording a 21-8 21-14 win over Pankaj Naithani. In semis, Behal had taken down top seed Antony Kattapurath Jacob 21-14 21-18 and Naithani had ousted Krishan Kumar Gupta 22-20 21-17. The men’s doubles final saw Manish Kumar Gupta and Naithani fight their waypast Raghavan P and and Varun Sharma 15-21 21-15 21-14. The pair of Abhinand Shetty and Sangeetha Mari won the mixed doubles final, defeating Raghavan P and Aditi Rode 21-10 21-14.

In another easy victory, Abhinn Shyam Gupta beat Jerry Martin M 21-10 21-17 in the the men’s 45 final. Earlier, Gupta had defeated Ashish Sharma 21-14 21-12 while Martin had toiled hard to get the win over Kunal Makwana 24-26 21-15 21-19 in the semis.

Top seed Pooja Mehta secured the women’s singles title, defeating Swapnal Chakrabarty 21-6 21-5. In the semis, Pooja had beat Neelam Panda 21-8 21-10 while Swapnal Chakrabarty stunned third seed Bidisha Baruah 21-15 21-19. Sunil Gladson and Vijay Lancy Mascarenhas won the men’s double event by defeating Abhinn Shyam Gupta and Jaideep Kohli 21-12 21-18, while Sameer Abbasi and Pooja Mehta claimed the mixed doubles title by recording a comeback win over Sunil Gladson and Sarita Jethwani 8-21 21-13 21-9. In the semis, Sameer and Pooja defeated Jaison Xavier and Nisha Jayanandan 21-15 21-9, and the team of Gladson and Sarita Jethwani outlasted Ashish Sharma and Bhavana Sharma 21-18 16-21 21-16.

Xavier won the men’s 50 final title by recording a 21-10 21-9 win over Salim Mohammad. In semis, Mohammad defeated Najeeb Kunil 21-10 21-9 and Xavier was leading 21-10 4-1 against Deepak Saxena, when the latter pulled out from the match.

Ashish Patel and Harendra Patel won the men’s doubles final by defeating Shrikant Bakshi and Navdeep Singh 21-15 26-24, while Parimelazhagan PJ and Banu S won the mixed doubles final by defeating Anil Kumar Srivastava and Sunita Singh Panwar 21-18 21-11.