Munawar lifts title

Mohammed Munawar of Indian Social Center, Fujairah lifted the under-18 boys singles title after a splendid performance against Bernie Shaji of Indian Social Center, Fujairah. Munawar defeated Bernie Shaji 21-12, 21-10 in straight sets.

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Published: Tue 15 Jun 2010, 12:46 AM

Last updated: Thu 2 Nov 2023, 10:33 AM

In the under-12 boys singles semifinals, Mohammed Zakir entered the final defeating Ritwik Sujith Nambiar in straight sets. He won the match scoring 21-14, 21-3.

In the under-14, girls singles, Sanjana R Shetty ousted Smruthi Murali 21-13, 21-4 to make it to the title round, while Anjali A Shenoy got the better of Swathi Krishna to enter the final of the under-16 girls singles.


Anjali beat Swathi Krishna 19-21, 21-13, 21-16. In the veteran singles (Above 40 years), Xavier Raphel outplayed Savio Thomas 21-14, 21-13 to book a berth in the final.

Other results: Mix Doubles: Moin Ahmed/Kavya Joseph bt Sibi VC/Geetalakshmi R 21-15, 21-14 Shan Thomas/Sabina Ravindran bt MK Shanavas/Sheeba Nawas 16-21, 21-13, 21-12; Moin Ahmed/Kavya Joseph bt Janani Ramanan/Prithvi Shetty 21-10, 21-2; Christine Acutina/Kirthi Lobo got a w/o against Rayner J Almeida/Lizandra Almeida; Shibil CP/Agna Anto bt Habeed Ahmed/Seneena Fayas 21-3, 21-2; Asep Andiyana/Jeena Mathew bt Sabina R/Shan Thomas 21-8, 21-11; James Varghese/Lesley Shine bt Shameej Kunnumel/Jennifer Punzalan 21-12, 21-5.

Men Singles: Reji Thomas bt Madhu M. 21-16, 21-7; Peter Roth got a w/o against Dr Vineet Galmotra; Xavier Raphael bt Peter Roth 21-4, 21-4; Mohammed Munawar bt Merrick Gonsalves 21-2, 21-12; Asep Andriyana bt Shanith Sankar 21-19, 8-3 (match conceded); Tan Chool Leng bt MK Shanavas 21-8, 21-14; Naveen Chacko bt Samit Shailesh 13-4 (match conceded); MK Shanavas bt Agil Viju 21-5, 21-9; Kush Kataria bt Vijay Chandra 21-5, 21-11.

Under-12 Boys Singles: Mohammed Muanis bt Aftab Ahmed Ansari 21-9, 21-13. Semifinals: Mohammed Zakir bt Ritwik Sujith Nambiar 21-14, 21-3.

Under-14 Boys Singles: Gohar Azam bt Rahul George 21-13, 21-9; Aftab Ahmed Ansari bt Pranav Gupta 21-9, 21-16; Joel M. Dietschi bt Fayaz Sudeer Mohammed 21-12, 21-18; Mohammed Zakir bt Sachin Vinay 21-5, 21-2; Akhil Pradeep bt Senthil Siva Balan Sethu 21-2, 21-4; Suraj Subramanyam Bhat bt Varun M Sadhvani 21-5, 21-1.

Under-14 Girls Singles: Mallika Bhatia bt Rakshta Kiran 21-9, 15-21, 21-12; John Itty Jacob got a w/o against D Vishal Reddy; Semifinals: Sanjana R Shetty bt Smruthi Murali 21-13, 21-4.

Under-16 Boys Singles: Roshan Joseph got a w/o against D Vishal Reddy; Akhil Pradeep bt Prateek Tripathi 21-3, 21-10; Prateek Tripathi bt Senthil Siva Balan Sethu 21-11, 21-17.

Under-18 Boys Singles: Bernie Shaji bt Roshan Joseph 21-12, 21-15. Final: Mohammed Munawar bt Bernie Shaji 21-12, 21-10.

Under-16 Girls Singles: Semifinals: Anjali A Shenoy bt Swathi Krishna 19-21, 21-13, 21-16.

Ladies Singles: Irina Unutoiu bt Mamta Sadhvani 11-21; 21-17, 21-10.

Veteran Singles (40 Years): Prabharakaran Menon bt Roby Varghese 21-11, 21-18. Semifinals: Xavier Raphel bt Savio Thomas 21-14, 21-13.


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