Badminton News: It's been a productive three months for Indian Railways' Chirag Sen, beating higher-ranked players in international tournaments, starting with the Infosys International Challenge in Bangalore where he reached the semi-finals.
It was fitting that he ended the season in style, winning the men's singles title of the 85th National Badminton Championships, with a 21-14, 13-21, 21-9 victory over fourth-seeded Mr. Tharun of Telangana. series. in the men's singles final.
Anmol Kharb from Haryana is a breeze. A thigh injury to his opponent and good friend Tanvi Sharma of Punjab midway through the match helped his opponent register a 15-21, 21-17, 16-8 (ret) victory in the summit clash simple feminine.
Tanvi retired in the third game with Anmol leading 16-8. Tanvi was the best player in the first match. He is aggressive from the backcourt and barely gives his opponent much space to throw his smashes. Tanvi was leading 15-10 in the second game and it looked like she was on the right track. However, at 17-14, while running from the backcourt to the front to take a fall, Tanvi appeared to have injured her right thigh.
He took a medical timeout and was no longer the same player when play resumed. He made this move in the second movement, and in the third movement he stopped.
“I am delighted to have won the title at the age of 16 and to be one of the youngest players to win the Senior Nationals. “I am very happy because my idol Saina Nehwal was 16 when she won the title in 2006-07,” Anmol said.
As expected, the match between Tharun and Chirag Sen was fierce. In the decisive third match, Chirag played like a man possessed, attacking at every opportunity. At one point, he attacked all of Tharun's services. When Chirag led 15-9, the match was almost over.
“I’ve been fighting in singles for a while. “First of all, I gained confidence during the Infosys Challenge held at my academy (Prakash Padukone BA), by beating good players,” Chirag Sen said.
“After four years on the tour, I have never played in a singles final. I am very happy now. The victory against third seed Kartikey Gulshan Kumar in the second round here gave me the confidence to to be able to face a difficult match,” added Chirag.
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