PV Sindhu wins SCM U-19 title

15-year old rising badminton star P.V. Sindhu of Andhra Pradesh, bagged the Girls Singles under-19 badminton title at the Sushant ChipalKatti Memorial India Junior International Badminton Championship-2011 held at Pune.

The top seeded Sindhu defeated the 2nd seeded another promising badminton player Tanvi Lad of Mumbai 21-23, 21-11, 21-7 in the finals.

Earlier Sindhu had defeated Rusydina Antardayu Riodingin of Indonesia, while Tanvi had got the better of Daya Elsa Jacob in the semi-finals.

P.V. Sindhu then converted this joy to a double title win, as she also paired with K.Maneesha to win the Girls Doubles u-19 title defeating the pair of Gauri Ghate & Daya Elsa Jacob in the girls doubles final match.

GS u-19 complete results are as below. (The last figure indicates duration of match)

First Round Results:
Visalakshi P Kanthi [IND]  - [IND]  Insha Imam 21-14 21-17   0:25
Sanchali Das Gupta [IND]  - [IND]  Anura Prabhudesai 21-10 21-17   0:25
Priya Prakash [IND] - [IND]  Shambhavi Bajaj 23-21 21-18   0:25
Rewati Deosthale [IND]   - [IND]  Vijetha K  21-13 21-11   0:21
Sudha Kalyani D [IND]   - [IND]  Pooja Mudaliar 21-18 14-21 21-17   0:35
Daya Elsa Jacob [IND]   - [IND]  Kalyani Limaye 21-12 21-8   0:20
Ruthvika Shivani G [IND]  - [IND]  Karishma Wadkar 21-17 16-21 21-10   0:33
Riya Pillai [IND]   - [IND]  Arathi Sara Sunil 22-20 16-21 21-16   1:01
Poornima Ch [IND]  - [IND]  Krupali Karani 21-12 21-14   0:25
P.V.Sindhu, Samhitha J.V, Rusydina Antardayu Riodingin, Gauri Ghate, Ruthvika Shivani, Amelia Sonia Kartika, Lalita Katre, and Tanvi Lad had got a bye in the first round of the event.

Second Round Results:
P.V. Sindhu [1] [IND]  - [IND]  Visalakshi P Kanthi 21-13 21-12   0:25
Samhitha J V [IND]  - [IND]  Sanchali Das Gupta 2-21 21-12 21-19   1:00
Rusydina Antardayu Riodingin [3/4] [INA]  - [IND]  Priya Prakash 21-7 21-9   0:20
Gauri Ghate [IND]   - [IND]  Rewati Deosthale 21-8 21-10   0:25
Daya Elsa Jacob [IND]  - [IND]  Sudha Kalyani D 21-15 21-11   0:24
Amelia Sonia Kartika [3/4] [INA]  - [IND]  Ruthvika Shivani G  21-15 21-19   0:25
Riya Pillai [IND]  - [IND]  Lalita Katre 21-13 21-16   0:22
Tanvi Lad [2] [IND]  - [IND]  Poornima Ch 21-9 21-4   0:19

Quarter-Finals:
P.V. Sindhu [1] [IND]  - [IND]  Samhitha J V  21-8 21-15   0:22
Rusydina Antardayu Riodingin [3/4] [INA]  - [IND]  Gauri Ghate 21-8 21-15   0:31
Daya Elsa Jacob [IND]  - [INA]  Amelia Sonia Kartika [3/4]  21-18 21-23 26-24   1:07
Tanvi Lad [2] [IND]  - [IND]  Riya Pillai  21-16 21-11   0:32

Semi-Finals:
P.V. Sindhu [1] [IND]  - [INA]  Rusydina Antardayu Riodingin [3/4] 21-15 21-12   0:33
Tanvi Lad [2] [IND]  - [IND]  Daya Elsa Jacob 21-15 21-15   0:36

Finals:
P.V. Sindhu [1] [IND] -  [IND] Tanvi Lad [2]  21-23 21-11 21-7