Samruddhi Ghadigaonkar, Prashant More win MIG state ranking carrom titles
Thane's Samruddhi Ghadigaonkar won the women's singles and Mumbai's Prashant More the men's at the fourth state ranking carrom tournament in Bandra.
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The fourth state ranking carrom tournament, held at the MIG Cricket Club in Bandra, Mumbai, has concluded. Samruddhi Ghadigaonkar of Thane won the women's singles title, while Prashant More of Mumbai took the men's singles title.
In the women's singles final, Samruddhi faced Aisha Mohammad Sajid of Mumbai. She lost the first set 4-25 but staged a strong comeback, winning the second 23-18 and the third 25-8 to take the title.
Before the final, Samruddhi had beaten Sonali Kumari of Mumbai 25-17, 4-24, 24-8. Aisha had defeated Akanksha Kadam of Ratnagiri 25-16, 22-9. In the third-place match, Sonali beat Akanksha 25-1, 11-25, 18-7, finishing third among the women.
In the men's singles final, Prashant More of Mumbai beat Abhijit Tripankar of Pune 22-19, 25-22 in straight sets to win the title.
In the semi-finals, Prashant had beaten Siddhant Wadwalkar of Mumbai 25-13, 11-25, 25-2. Abhijit had reached the final by beating Praful More of Mumbai 25-21, 18-17. In the third-place match, Siddhant Wadwalkar beat Praful More 25-0, 21-23, 24-7, finishing third among the men.
The winners were given cash prizes, trophies and certificates by Amit Dani, secretary of the cricket department of the MIG Cricket Club, Ninad Borkar, secretary for indoor games, and trustee Kedar Kalbag.
Maharashtra Carrom Association vice-president Yatin Thakur, treasurer Ajit Sawant and joint secretary Ketan Chikhale were present, as was Yogesh Sawant, assistant chief referee of the tournament.
