Grand Prix Badminton League 2022: Sharks score thrilling win, Bulls blank Tuskers

As
per
a
media
release
received,
the
Sharks
went
on
the
back
foot
losing
their
opener
(women’s
singles),
but
levelled
soon
winning
their
trump
match
(men’s
doubles).

After
losing
the
men’s
singles
and
mixed
doubles
ties,
the
Sharks
were
tied
at
2-2
before
garnering
three
points
from
the
Super
Match
to
edge
ahead.

Grand
Prix
Badminton
League:
Bandipur
Tuskers
hold
edge
over
Mandya
Bulls
in
opener:
All
you
need
to
know

The
tournament
was
inaugurated
by
Dr
CN
Ashwath
Narayan,
Minister
for
Electronics,
IT
&
BT,
S&T,
Higher
Education
and
Skill
Development,
Govt
of
Karnataka,
by
playing
with
former
national
champion
Arvind
Bhat.

Earlier,
Anirudh
Deshpande
upset
former
international
Daniel
Farid
in
straight
games
15-9,
15-6
to
help
Mandya
Bulls
amass
seven
points
in
their
opening
match
against
favorites
Bandipur
Tuskers.

Tuskers
who
were
the
fancied
team
began
on
a
good
note
winning
the
first
women’s
singles
match
with
Alfiya
Riyas
winning
over
Ananya
Praveen.

Mandya
bulls
who
declared
the
men’s
doubles
as
their
trump
match
promptly
won
it
to
garner
two
points
and
then
won
their
opponent’s
trump
match
(men’s
singles)
as
well.

Their
mixed
doubles
pair
of
Madhusudhan
M
and
Ruth
Misha
Vinod
rallied
from
a
game
down
against
the
pair
of
Abhishek
Yeligar
and
Apeksha
Nayak
winning
10-15,
15-14,
15-12
to
swell
their
tally
to
4-0.
The
latest
innovation
of
the
Super
Match
fetched
the
Bulls
three
points
and
ended
the
match
with
a
bag
of
seven
points.

Results:

(Mangalore
Sharks
bt
Kodagu
Tigers
5-2)

Women’s
Singles:
Vijetha
Harish
lost
to
Rujula
Ramu
14-15,
15-13,
9-15

Men’s
Doubles
(Trump
match
for
both
teams):
Kushal
Raj
/
Raghu
Mariswamy
bt
Adarsh
Kumar
/
Vasantha
Kumar
14-15,
15-11,
15-4

Men’s
Singles:
Jayanth
G
lost
to
Saneeth
Dayanand
11-15,
8-15

Mixed
Doubles:
Jayanth
G
/
Vijetha
Harish
lost
to
Saif
Ali
/
Ramya
Venkatesh
14-15,
8-15

Super
Match:
Kushal
Raj
/
Raghu
Mariswamy
/
Sachin
C
bt
Adarsh
Kumar
/
Vasantha
Kumar
HR
/
Saneeth
Dayanand
21-17.

Player
of
the
match:
Raghu
Mariswamy

(Mandya
Bulls
bt
Bandipur
Tuskers
7-0)

Women’s
Singles:
Ananya
Praveen
lost
to
Alfiya
Riyas
14-15,
8-15

Men’s
Doubles:
Ashith
Surya
/
Sai
Pratheek
(Trump
match)
bt
Kishal
Ganapathy
/
Vaibhav
V
15-11,
15-12

Men’s
Singles:
Anirudh
Deshpande
bt
Daniel
Farid
(Trump
match)
15-9,
15-6

Mixed
Doubles:
MadhusudhanM
/
Ruth
Misha
Vinod
bt
Abhishek
Yeligar
/
Apeksha
Nayak
10-15,
15-14,
15-12

Super
Match:
Ashith
Surya
/
Sai
Pratheek
/
Madhusudhan
M
bt
Abhishek
Yeligar
/
Vaibhav
V
/Ganesh
Vittalji
21-16.

Player
of
the
match:
Sai
Pratheek

Saturday’s
matches:

Bengaluru
Lions
vs
Mysore
Panthers
3
pm

Malnad
Falcons
vs
KGF
Wolves
6
pm.