Host Club Bombay Gymkhana’s Ayaz Billawala and Shailesh Daga, the top seeds, rallied from a game down to defeat second seeds Gautam Laud (Bom Gym) and Mangrish Palekar (Willingdon SC) 11-21, 23-21, 22-20 in a closely contested Men’s 45 Doubles title match of the 29th Badminton 45 G D Birla Memorial Masters Inter-Club Badminton Tournament, sponsored by Aditya Birla Sunlife at the Bombay Gymkhana courts.
Bombay Gymkhana A also emerged the champions in the Elite Team Championships, defeating Andheri SC, Tigers 2-1.
Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana’s Deanne Rodrigues grabbed a fine double when she combined with MCA, Kandivli’s Palkan Dave to win the Women’s Combination 75+ title. Deanne, who had earlier won the 80+ combination title, and her partner Palkan upset the top seeds Kiran Shete (MLWB) and Priya Ambekar (MCF) 21-12, 21-12 for the title.
Former international Palekar lost his second final of the day when he and Deepak Jaitley lost to Pradad Shetty and Rajesh Bhanushali 21-16, 13-21, 12-21.
Results (all finals):
MD 45 (final): Ayaz Bilawala/Shailesh Daga [1] bt Gautam Laud/Mangirish Palikar [2] – 11-21, 23-21-22-20;
WOMEN'S COMBINATION 75+: Deanne Rodrigues/Palkan Dave bt Kiran Shete/Priya Ambekar [1] - 21-12, 21-12.
MEN'S COMBINATION 85+: Prasad Shetty/Rajesh Bhanu Shali bt Deepak Jaitly/Mangirish Palekar – 16-21, 21-13, 21-12.
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP – ELITE: Bombay Gymkhana A bt Andheri Sports Complex Tigers 2-1