Badminton: Lakshya Sen, Gayatri Gopichand emerge champions

Lakshya Sen of Uttaranchal and P. Gayatri Gopichand of Telangana gained the men’s and ladies’ singles titles respectively within the All India senior ranking badminton event at Gopichand Academy right here on Sunday.

In the men’s very last, sixth-seed Lakshya Sen downed fighting, second-seed C. Rahul Yadav of Telangana with a 23-25, 21-14, 21-13 win, even as 13th-seed Gayatri bowled over the extra skilled Tanvi Lad of Petroleum with a 21-19, 21-sixteen win. Later, Gayatri completed a credible ‘double,’ partnering Rutuparna Panda of Odisha to down Shikha Gautam (Air India) and K. Ashwini Bhat (Karnataka) 19-21, 21-14, 21-10 within the ladies’ doubles final. In men’s doubles very last, G. Krishna Prasad (Andhra Pradesh) and Dhruv Kapila (Air India) amazed seventh-seeded P. Srikrishna Sai Kumar (Telangana) and Gouse Shaik (Andhra Pradesh) with a 23-21, 21-17. Mr. Shekhar Bajaj, CMD of Bajaj Electricals Ltd, and Mr. P. Gopichand, chief national train, gave away the prizes.

The outcomes (All finals)

Men’s Singles: Lakshya Sen (UTR) bt C. Rahul Yadav (TS) 23-25, 21-15, 21-thirteen. Men’s Doubles: G. Krishna Prasad (AP) & Dhruv Kapila (AI) bt P. Srikrishna Sai Kumar (TS) & Gouse Shaik (AP) 23-21, 21-17. Women’s Singles: P. Gayatri Gopichand (TS) bt Tanvi Lad (Pet) 21-19, 21-sixteen. Women’s Doubles: Rutuparna Panda (Odi) & P. Gayatri Gopichand (TS) bt Shikha Gautam (AI) & K. Ashwini Bhat (Ktk) 19-21, 21-14, 21-10. Mixed doubles: Gouse Shaik (AP) & Mayuri Yadav (UP) bt Krishna Prasad & K. Ashwini Bhat (Ktk) 21-19, thirteen-21, 21-12.

How often has an athlete retired as G.O.A.T (Greatest of all time) in his recreation without becoming a global champion, triumphing Olympic gold, or using standing on the podium with a silver medal? No one recalls who got here 2d inside the world of sports activities. And still, when the 36-year-vintage broke down at the same time as pronouncing his retirement from the game, the world of badminton bemoaned. But Lee Chong Wei has flipped this narrative no longer as soon as, not twice but on some of the events as badminton’s liked almost man. Lee has been part of an excellent adventure interlaced with the joys of winning, the discomfort of defeat, all the usual downs, on-court wizardry, and, oh, all of the debilitating slender losses at first tournaments. Take a study of his professional trajectory as an example:

KUALA LUMPUR:

Pang Cheh Chang is set to be demoted while Hendrawan may play a brand new function as Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) make some other change in their coaching set-up. Cheh Chang becomes the top instruct of the combined doubles department because of the early closing of 12 months; however, he has been training the juniors on the Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS). The combined doubles gamers did nicely below Cheh Chang during the last three hundred and sixty-five days; however, it’s learned that numerous seniors preferred an exchange. Yesterday, simplest Chin Ee Hui became visible, training the national gamers, including Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie, Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing, at the Academy Badminton Malaysia (ABM).

Ee Hui, who won the 2016 train of the 12 months award for steering Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying to a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, changed into the top instruct of the blended doubles branch earlier than Cheh Chang took over. It seems like Ee Hui is ready to be the top educate once more and is probably to be assisted through Teo Kok Siang. An assertion of the adjustments is predicted to be made at the training and education (CNT) committee meeting next Friday. The popularity of former international champion Hendrawan because the guys’ singles train can also be decided all through the CNT.