Mumbai : Defending champ Sushrut Karmarkar fended off a stiff challenge from second seeded Arijeet Bose before he won the men’s singles title in the Mumbai Suburban District Badminton Championships on Monday.
The youngster from Uday Pawar’s Academy triumphed at 21-12, 19-21, 21-10 in a tie that lasted over an hour.The victory proved to be grand welcome for the 19-year-old Sushrut into the senior ranks.
For unseeded junior Nivedita Rao, the path to victory proved to be little too easy as her senior rival and second seeded Kadambari Chedda was too slow on her feet and was time and again beaten by Nivedita’s sharp crossscourt smashes and dropsshots. Nivedita won the first game at 21-7 before limping Kadambari threw in the towel, complaining about her injured ankle.
