Srinivas, Appoorwa reign supreme; Double for Jaswanth, Varsha triumphs

HYDERABAD: K Srinivas of IOCL came from a game down to pip MA Hakeem of BSNL 11-25, 25-13, 25-24 in the men's singles final of the 6th Late Sri VA Sarma & Smt V Indiramba Memorial Telangana State Ranking Carrom tournament.


In a closely fought match that stretched up to 9th Board of the third game, Srinivas, who was a game down, fought back to take the second game at 25-13. In the third game, the 9th Board had to be played as the scores in the 8th Board were 24-24. Srinivas won the toss and with a good break, took the game and match to pocket the title.

The women's title was won by veteran S Appoorwa of LICI, who defeated C Kartika Varsha of NASR 25-13, 15-10. Kartika Varsha, however, had the satisfaction of winning the Junior girls' title. She defeated K Nandini of AWASA 18-9, 22-4. Nandini was no match for Varsha’s pocketing and lost the final tamely.

B Jaswanth Kumar of AWASA bagged the Junior and Sub-Junior boys' singles titles. Jaswanth Kumar trounced Avinash also from AWASA 25-8, 21-7 to win the Sub-Junior boys’ title. He completed a double by overcoming a fighting Sai Eashwar of V-10 25-8, 7-25, 25-9 to lay his hands on the Junior title.

Results: Men’s singles (final): K Srinivas (IOCL) bt MA Hakeem (BSNL) 11-25, 25-13, 25-24. SFs: K Srinivas (IOCL) bt U Naresh (ACCA) 25-7, 25-8; MA Hakeem (BSNL) bt S Aditya 12-14, 25-22, 25-15.

Youth boys (final): Ch Sai Charan (Mancherial) bt B Rames (Komarambheem) 25-3, 15-18, 25-4. SFs: B Ramesh (Komarambheem) bt Nithin Goud (

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) 25-9, 17-18, 15-10; Ch Sai Charan (MNCL) bt Md Nehal (MNCL) 25-8, 25-9.

Junior boys (final): B Jaswanth (AWASA) bt Sai Eashwar (V-10) 22-8, 7-25, 25-9. SFs: Sai Eshwar (V-10) bt B Lalith (AWASA) 21-4, 21-6; B Jaswanth (AWASA) bt Musheeruddin 25-6, 6-20, 25-6.

Sub-Junior boys (final): B Jaswanth Kumar (AWASA) bt B Avinash (AWASA) 25-8, 21-7. SFs: B Avinash (AWASA) bt Md Muqueez Ahmed (MNCL) 7-25, 21-5, 25-6; B Jaswanth Kumar (AWASA) bt B Sandeep (BRR) 20-10, 25-1.

Cadet boys (final): V Shiva Prasad (AWASA) bt B Lalith Kumar (AWASA) 14-7. SFs: V Shiva Prasad (AWASA) bt N Karthik (AWASA) 21-4; B Lalith Kumar (AWASA) bt R Shiva (AWASA) 21-2.

Women’s singles (final): S Appoorwa (LICI) bt C Kartika Varsha (NASR) 25-13, 15-10. SFs: S Appoorwa (LICI) bt K Nandini (AWASA) 25-10, 25-0; C Kartika Varsha (NASR) bt P Kayashree (IOCL) 8-24, 22-20, 22-9.

Junior girls (final): C Kartika Varsha (NASR) bt K Nandini (AWASA) 18-9, 22-4.

Sub-Junior girls (final): C Deepthi (AWASA) bt K Saraswathi (AWASA) 16-12, 19-8, 25-8.

Cadet girls (final): C Srivalli (V-10) bt G Bhargavi (AWASA) 10-4.