Fourth-seeded Chinchwadkar ended top-seeded Omkar Torgalkar's run of five successive titles, fighting back after losing the first game.

Juili, after reaching four finals earlier this season without success, beat Ruta Deshmukh in straight games for her first-ever State ranking title.Central Railway clinched the men's team championship with a 3-1 win over Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers (RCF), staving off an Aditya Mahagaonkar-sparked resurgence.

Down 0-2, the schoolboy started where he left on the previous day when he hauled RCF past BSES into the final with a thrilling victory in the third match.

But today, after rallying to beat Central Railway's James Joseph, RCF were forced to remain content with runners-up position after Nishant Kulkarni breezed past Mahendra Chiplunkar in straight games in the fourthmatch.Kulkarni and Gandeep Bhiwandkar gave the railwaymen a 2-0 lead with wins over Nilesh Pandirkar and Chiplunkar respectively.

Chinchwadkar learnt his lessons in a first-game loss. Despite the top seed's fine blocking, Chinchwadkar continued to be consistent to run away 14-21, 21-19, 21-16 victor. The 10-year-old student of Saraswati Education Society (English medium) High School clinched his second State Ranking success this season besides claiming the Masters PJ Hindu Gymkhana crown.

Juili clinched the first game quite easily but faced stiff resistance in the second. With her main weapon, the back-hand failing her, the ten-year-old student at Dr S Radhakrishnan Vidayala, Malad, relied on counter-attack before winning 21-13, 21-19. Nine-year-old Ruta of Smt Sulochana Devi Singhania High School, Thane, can draw encouragement from her first-ever entry into a final.

Results

Cadet boys final: Rohan Chinchwadkar bt Omkar Torgalkar 14-21, 21-19, 21-16.

Semi-finals: Torgalkar bt NBShaikh 21-8, 21-11; Chinchwadkar bt Shishir Juvekar 21-16, 21-14.

Quarter-finals: Torgalker bt Sunil Shetty 21-7, 21-14; Juvekar bt Ashish Joshi 21-12, 21-17; Chinchwadkar bt Chanmaya Bal 21-17, 21-12; Shaikh bt Sanket Utagi 21-17, 17-21, 21-19.

Men's team final: Central Railway bt Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers 3-1 (Nishant Kulkarni bt Nilesh Padirkar 21-18, 18-21, 21-19; Gandeep Bhiwandkar 21-18, 21-15; James Joseph lost to Aditya Mahagaonkar 21-10, 21-16, 21-15; Nishant Kulkarni bt Mahendra Chiplunkar 21-7, 21-15.

Men's veterans final: Prakash Kelkar bt Percy Mehta 21-15, 21-12. Semi-finals: Percy Mehta bt Jayant Kulkarni 21-15, 18-21, 21-15; Prakash Kelkar w/o Arun Dhotre.

Cadet girls final: Juili Inamdar bt Ruta Deshmukh 21-13, 21-19. Semi-finals: Juili bt Sneha Keshav 21-13, 21-14; Ruta bt Aparna Kulkarni 21-15, 21-19.

Quarter-finals: Juili bt Roshani Ashar 21-8, 21-5; Sneha bt Nirja Kukde 21-10, 21-15; Ruta bt Priti Chandak 21-19, 21-10; Aparna bt BelaMehta 21-14, 21-19.

Hinduja in final

P D Hinduja entered the final of the Chattrapati Shivaji Division I football tournament when they defeated MLWB (Andheri) 5-2 in the semi-final play-off at the St Xavier's ground, Parel, today.

With this victory, Hinduja also gained promotion to next year's Harwood League along with Naigaum Police Headquarters whom they now meet in the final.

The feature of the match was three goals by Vivek Oberoi. Karan S and Custodio Fernandes were the other scorers. For MLWB, Sheldon Nuness and Sheldon Fernandes were the goal-getters.

The Harwood League match between Rhino and ONGC was called off in the second-half due to the bad condition of the ground.

Other results:

(Div III A) Cecelian 3 (Selwyn Fernandes 2, Agnelo Lobo) bt Friends 0. Div III B: IIT, Powai 3 (K Ravinder 2, Pavan Chaudhary) bt Classic 0; Wall Boys 1 (Michael D'Cruz) bt Mobilink 0; Bombay Republicans 1 (Gavin D'Souza) bt Royal Club 0; Salvation Parish 2 (Roland Lobo, Seby Alphonso) btWorli SC.