Videos Live Scores Podcasts Opinion Interviews Business of Sport Inside Story Football Cricket Tennis Formula One Golf NBA UFC UAE Racquet Sports Fitness

Rishita Rajith and Tanisha Crasto star at India Club UAE Open Badminton Tournament

Sport360 staff

19:42 16/05/2016

At India Club on Sunday night, Rajith was made to battle in the final of the Girls’ Singles Under-10 competition before she beat Danica Ferrao 23-21, 21-10.

The first game could have gone either way as Ferraro fought hard, but Rajith was much more in command in the second.

In the other final match – the Girls’ Singles U-16 – Crasto overpowered Nida Najeeb 21-13, 21-12.

The Veteran Singles (Above 45) will be played between Xavier Raphel and Fahyani Rianto.

In the semi-final matches, Raphel beat Roby Varghese 21-14, 21-14, while Rianto defeated James Varghese 21-11, 21-15.

Two quarter-final matches of the Girls Singles U-12 division was played on Sunday, with Nidhi Desai advancing after a hard fought win 21-19, 23-21 over Thanseeha Charivupuradathil Biju.

In the other match, Ganga Pradeep beat Aleena Qathum 21-10, 21-18.

More from badminton

ONE Fight Night 22: Turkey’s Hilal Amir has sights set on ONE Championship Gold

From Morocco to Abu Dhabi: Zakaria El Jamari’s incredible martial arts journey

French-Algerian Anissa Meksen gets chance to be first to claim new ONE Championship gold

Adrian Lee’s ONE Championship debut confirmed as he looks to further family legacy

NBA 3X ABU DHABI an unparalleled success with legends LaMarcus Aldridge and James Worthy in attendance

ONE Friday Fights 59: French-Algerian looks to maintain KO momentum in headliner

Most Popular