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Kiran, Shreya clinch title

KOCHI: Ernakulam’s Kiran George and Shreya Bose won the under-10 boys and girls’ titles respectively in the Kerala State mini and sub-junior badminton championship at the Regional Sports Centre, here on Friday.

Kiran, son of former badminton international George Thomas, defeated Evaan John Abraham, also of Ernakulam, 21-16, 21-7 and lifted his maiden State title while Shreya, daughter of former State star and coach Bose Ninan, beat Adithya A. Binoy in straight games and retained the girls’ title.

The results:

Boys:

Under-10 final: Kiran George (Ekm) bt Evaan John Abraham (Ekm) 21-16, 21-7.

Under-13 boys semifinals: M.R. Arjun (Ekm) bt Aarush Setia (Ekm) 21-16, 21-6; S.Bichu (Tvm) bt Aswanth Dev (Knr) 21-11, 21-8.

Under-16 quarterfinals: Arun George (Ekm) bt Ibrahim Ali Saleem (Ktm) 21-16, 21-11; Sharon Raphael (Ekm) bt Vishnu Rajendran (Tvm) 22-20, 21-7; Pranav Satheesh (Ekm) bt Shyam Prasad (Knr) 21-13, 21-17; V.H. Bharath. (Ekm) bt Adithya Prakash (Knr) 21-15, 21-10.

Girls:

Under-10 final: Shreya Bose (Ekm) bt Adithya A. Binoy (Kzd) 21-12, 21-6.

Under-13:

Semifinals: K.P. Sruthi (Kzd) bt Niranjana Anil (Ekm) 21-7, 21-10; J.K. Malavika (Tvm) bt S.Sruthi (Tvm) 21-12, 21-17.

Under-16 quarterfinals: Daya Elsa Jacob (Ekm) bt Malavika Mathen (Tvm) 21-3, 21-7; K.Anoosha.(Kzd) bt Boneetha Bose (Ekm) 21-16, 21-23, 21-14; Anjali Maria Sunil (Ekm) bt Sneha S. Lal (Pkd) 21-15, 21-9; Arathi Sarah Sunil (Ekm) bt Soumya.B..Ashok (Tvm) 21-11, 21-7. — Principal Correspondent

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