Grand Prix Badminton League: Malnad Falcons, KGF Wolves enter Super League stage

Janani
Ananthakumar
gave
the
Lions
a
successful
start
against
Gloria
Vinayakumar
by
winning
the
Wolves’ trump
match.
Hemantha
Gowda
and
Prakash
Raj
attempted
a
comeback
for
KGF
Wolves
by
defeating
Sanjeeth
S
and
Vaibhav
S
in
the
men’s
doubles.
Bhargav
S
successfully
defended
the
trump
match
with
a
win
over
Naren
S
Iyer
in
the
singles
to
give
the
Lions
a
3-0
lead.

Nithin
H
and
Janani
Ananthakumar
continued
the
winning
streak
for
the
Lions
in
the
mixed
doubles
against
Suhas
V
and
Gloria
Vinayakumar.
With
the
qualification
hinging
on
the
Super
Match,
Wolves
secured
three
points
to
add
to
their
earlier
tally
of
10
points
to
finish
second
behind
Malnad
Falcons
(15
points)
in
their
group.

Earlier,
Panthers
began
on
a
winning
note
with
their
star
player
Tanya
Hemanth
beating
Drithhi
Venaktesh.
The
doubles
pair
of
Mithun
Manjunath
and
Puthvi
K
Roy
earned
two
points
via
their
trump
match
to
help
Falcons
go
2-1
ahead.

Shamanth
Rao
Kidiyoor
then
made
it
3-1
with
an
upset
win
over
favourite
Rohit
Mariswamy.
The
Panthers
reduced
the
lead
with
a
win
in
the
mixed
doubles.
Hoping
to
garner
maximum
points,
Panthers
declared
the
Super
Match
as
their
trump
match,
only
to
lose
and
end
in
the
negative.

Results:

Malnad
Falcons
bt
Mysore
Panthers
6-1

WS:
Drithi
Yateesh
lost
to
Tanya
Hemanth
8-15,
15-11,
5-15;
MD:
Mithun
Manjunath
/
Pruthvi
(Trump)
bt
BM
Rahul
/
Chiranjeevi
Reddy
15-12,
15-12;
MS:
Shamanth
Rao
Kidiyoor
bt
Rohith
Mariswamy
15-11,
15-14;
MXD:
Aravind
Kongara
/
Driti
Yateesh
lost
to
Kiran
Kumar
G
/
Tanya
Hemanth
2-15,
8-15;
SM:
Mithun
Manjunath
/
Pruthvi
K
Roy
/
Shamanth
Rao
bt
BM
Rahul
/
Chiranjeevi
Reddy
/
Rohith
Mariswamy
(Trump)
21-15.

Player
of
the
Tie:
Mithun
Manjunath

Bengaluru
Lions
bt
KGF
Wolves
4-3

WS:
Janani
Ananthakumar
bt
Gloria
Vinayakumar
(Trump)
15-14,
15-9;
MD:
Sanjeeth
S
/
Vaibhav
S
lost
to
Hemantha
Gowda
/
Prakash
Raj
7-15,
11-15;
MS:
Bhargav
S
(Trump)
bt
Naren
Iyer
15-9,
15-9;
MXD:
Nithin
H
/
Janani
Ananthakumar
bt
Suhas
V
/
Gloria
Vinayakumar
15-8,
15-14;
SM:
Vaibhav
S
/
Nithin
H
/
Sanjeeth
S
lost
to
Hemantha
Gowda
/
Prakash
Raj
/
Suhas
V
15-21.

Player
of
the
tie:
Prakash
Raj

Source:
Media
release