SJAN Badminton Tournament: Obnews wins in men’s doubles, Mahesh-Ahmed pair shines

Nagpur Media Sports Event: Obnews’s Mahesh Sarangi and S.S. Ahmed gave a tough fight and won big in the doubles match of Media Badminton Tournament. Media Badminton Tournament was organized at Subhedar Hall of Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University. Many big media organizations of Nagpur participated in this tournament.

Obnews maintained its last year’s record by achieving a big win against Lokmat in the SJAN-Raisoni Media Badminton Tournament held at Subhedar Hall. This tournament, which has been going on since 1999, has been organized by the Sports Journalists Association of Nagpur (SJAN) under the leadership of G.H. Raisoni Sports and Cultural Foundation, in collaboration with the Department of Sports and Physical Education, Nagpur University and Nagpur District Badminton Association.

Obnews won the doubles title

In the men’s doubles match, Obnews’s Mahesh Sarangi and S.S. Ahmed’s pair performed brilliantly and defeated Ashish Jain and Sarvesh Kalantri of Lokmat in the final. The competition for points continued between both the teams till the last moment, but in the end, Obnews pair gave a tough fight and defeated Lokmat 21-19, 21-18.

Nagpur Media Badminton Tournament: Obnews's Mahesh Sarangi and S.S. Ahmed defeated Lokmat to win the doubles title.

media victorious champion in badminton

In women’s singles, Obnews’s Priya Jais and Apoorva Nayak also made it to the semi-finals with their strong performance. Immediately after the final, Raisoni Group Director (PR) Amit Gandhare, G. Dr. Mrinal Naik, Director, H. Raisoni Sports and Cultural Foundation and Dr. Ram Thakur, Former President of SJAN, presented the titles and prize money to all the winners, runners-up and semi-finalists.

Nagpur Media Badminton Tournament: Obnews's Mahesh Sarangi and S.S. Ahmed defeated Lokmat to win the doubles title.

Obnews Team – Mahesh Sarangi-Apoorva Nayak-Priya Jais-S.S.Ahmed

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The results were like this

Men’s Doubles Semifinals: Mahesh Sarangi – S.S. Ahmed (Obnews) Rajesh Sharma – Defeated Raviraj Ambadyar (Lokmat) 21-19, 21-10.
Ashish Jain-Sarvesh Kalantri (Lokmat) defeated Kshitij Udar-Wasim Qureshi (Lokmat) 21-8, 21-2.

Final : Mahesh Sarangi – S. S. Ahmed (Obnews) defeated Ashish Jain-Sarvesh Kalantri (Lokmat) 21-19, 21-18.

Women’s Singles Semi-finals: Meenal Jain (Lokmat) defeated Priya Jais (Obnews) 21-13, 21-7.
Meha Sharma (Lokmat) defeated Apoorva Nayak (Obnews) 21-5, 21-9.

Final: Meenal Jain defeated Meha Sharma 21-11, 21-9.

Men’s Singles Semi-Finals: Ashish Jain (Lokmat) S. S. Defeated Ahmed (Obnews) 20-22, 21-17, 21-14.
Rajesh Sharma (Lokmat) defeated Mahesh Sarangi (Obnews) 21-8, 21-14.

Final : Ashish Jain (Lokmat) defeated Rajesh Sharma (Lokmat) 21-18, 21-19.

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