Deepinder on course for grand double

Meanwhile,in the women’s singles category,fourth seed Natasha Palha ousted top seed Shweta C. Rana 7-5,2-6,7-6(7-5). The second finalist is Sharmada Balu who defeated second seed Nupur Kaul 6-3,6-3. The women’s doubles crown was clinched by Rimpledeep Kaur and Shweta C. Rana as they beat the duo of Rajbir Kaur and Gundeep Kaur 6-1,6-4.

Rimpledeep and Shweta were in superb form as they played their heart out to record a convincing win against their opponents.

Results:

Men: Singles: Semi Finals : Deepinder Singh Bains (Chd) bt Vishwesh Sinha (Mah)(WC) 6-1,6-1; Gurinder Singh (Pb)(3) bt Prosonjit Paul (Jha)(8) 6-4,6-4; Doubles: Shantanu Rajput (Dli) & Kunal Anand (Dli) bt Rishab Dev (Pb) & Digvijay Singh Naruka (Chd) 6-4,6-3; Manav Dhawan (Pb) & Deepinder Singh Bains (Pb) bt Digvijay Mehta (HP) & Suraj Beniwal (Har) 6-2,6-4; Women: Singles Semi Finals : Natasha Palha (Goa)(4) bt Shweta C. Rana (HP)(1) 7-5,2-6,7-6(7-5); Sharmada Balu (Kar)(WC) bt Nupur Kaul (Mah)(2) 6-3,6-3; Doubles: Finals : Rimpledeep Kaur (Pb) & Shweta C. Rana (HP) bt Rajbir Kaur (Pb) & Gundeep Kaur (Pb) 6-1,6-4.

City badminton coach to train foreign players

Surinder Mahajan,badminton coach,has bagged assignment as coach for imparting training to top ranked badminton players in the European countries (Austria,Czech Republic and Switzerland) for a period of three weeks. Earlier,Mahajan was to get the assignment for two months but due to other important events to be held in Chandigarh,he could not adjust his dates beyond July 29. As a result he accepted the assignment for just three weeks. The assignment was a result of his credentials for possessing a remarkable talent as a coach. Chandigarh Badminton Association members has congratulated Mahajan for the feat.

Harpreet as judge/referee for international event

Harpreet Singh of Audit General Punjab (A&E) has been appointed international judge/referee for the 14th Asian Roller Skating Championship to be held at Taiwan from July 16 to 25. Meanwhile,Sarabjit Singh Mangat has been appointed assistant coach of the Indian roller hockey team that will participate in the Asian Championship. Three players from Chandigarh- Bhavdeep Singh (Quads),Vipin Kumar (Inline) and Gulrajan Singh (Inline) have been selected to represent the Indian team in quads/inline roller hockey team.