Girish Karri and V Veda clinch titles in third Telangana Open pickleball championship

Girish Karri and V Veda won men’s and women’s singles titles in the third Telangana Open pickleball championship at Gandipet, with players across age groups receiving awards for outstanding performances

Hyderabad: Girish Karri and V Veda won the men’s and women’s singles titles respectively in the third Telangana Open pickleball championship at Cross Courts, Gandipet.

The prizes were presented by A P Jithender Reddy, Advisor to the Government of Telangana (Sports Affairs); M Ramesh, IPS, IG (Sports, P & l) and president of Amateur Telangana Pickleball Association; and Sonibala Devi, SATG VC & MD.

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Final placings:

Boys:

Under-14: 1. K Vishwa, 2. Sega Dhanwanth, 3. Rishan

Under-16: 1. I Dhruva Hegde, 2. K Vishwa, 3. Tejas

Under-19: 1. P Prajwal, 2. I Dhruva Hegde, 3. Mohammed Amaan

Men:

Open: 1. Girish Karri, 2. Theertha Shashank, 3. Dinesh Kilaru

35 years & above: 1. I Abhishek, 2. P Praneeth, 3. Harsh Ranasaria

50 years & above: 1. Ramesh Gondi, 2. V Chander Shekhar, 3. R Hanumantha

60 years & above: 1. P Ramesh, 2. David Jude, 3. N Satyanarayana

Doubles:

Open: 1. Vijaytej Gangapatnam & K Girish, 2. Sayam Bothra & G Shail, 3. Thamin Ansari & Theertha Shashank

35 years & above: 1. Praneeth Penmatcha & Vikram Aditya, 2. P Raja & Sundeep Kalidindi, 3. Sandeep Paidi & T Naveen

50 years & above: 1. Naveen Tummala & Anil Aribandi, 2. Ramesh Gondi & Raja Chintaginjala, 3. V Chander Shekhar & V S Balaji

60 years & above: 1. Dasari Bhasker & Pallipattu Ramesh, 2. David Jude & N Satyanarayana

Women:

Open category: 1. I Veda, 2. Deepti K Iyer, 3. Akanksha

35 years & above: 1. Sucharita Thakur, 2. Sonibala Devi, 3. G Geetha

50 years & above: 1. Sonibala Devi, 2. G Madhavi Bandari, 3. Kumudhini Goud

Open doubles: 1. Deepti K Iyer & I Sowmya Pulumati, 2. Akanksha & I Uttama Swaroop, 3. Vasavi Vanipally & Aparajita

Mixed doubles:

Open: 1. Deepti K Iyer & Girish Karri, 2. Sowmya Pulumati & Gopi Reddy, 3. Raunak Sood & Nikitha

35 years & above: 1. Jayasree Patel & Harsh Ranasaria, 2. Vanesh Reddy & Vasavi Vanipally, 3. Sucharita Thakur & P Chakrapani

50 years & above: 1. M Ramesh & Sucharita Tkohinoor, 2. Raja Chintaginjala & Sonibala Devi, 3. Sridhar & Bhuvaneshwari