Pintoo and Pinki clinch titles at Powergrid inter-region badminton

Pintoo and K Pinki of Northern Region-I claimed the men’s and women’s singles titles at the Powergrid Southern Region inter-regional badminton championship held in Hyderabad, defeating tough opponents in close contests

Hyderabad: Pintoo and K Pinki, both from Northern Region-I, emerged champions in the men’s and women’s singles respectively at the Powergrid Southern Region inter-regional badminton championship held at Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Indoor Stadium here on Saturday.

Pintoo defeated D Hari Kishore of Corporate Centre 23–21, 21–17 in the men’s final, while Pinki scored a 15–6, 11–15, 17–15 win against Pronami of North-Eastern Region in the women’s final.

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Mr Doman Yadav, Executive Director (Southern Region-I), Mr Arun Kumar, Chief General Manager (HR), and Mr S V Venkata, Chief General Manager (Finance), gave away the prizes.

Final placings:
Men’s singles
Final: Pintoo (NR-I) bt D Hari Kishore (Corporate Centre) 23–21, 21–17
Semifinals: Hari Kishore bt Himanshu Srivas (NR-I) 15–2, 9–15, 15–12; Pintoo (NR-I) bt Maneesh (NR-I) 13–15, 15–9, 15–6
3rd place: Himanshu Srivas (NR-I)

Women’s singles
Final: K Pinki (NR-I) bt Pronami (NER) 15–6, 11–15, 17–15
Semifinals: Pronami (NER) bt Himani Kumari (WR-II) 15–11, 15–9; K Pinki (NR-I) bt Nishi Rathore (CC) 15–8, 15–5
3rd place: Nishi Rathore (Corporate Centre)