Carrom tourney: Ghufran, Kajal bag mens, womens crowns

Kajal Kumari and Mohd. Ghufran, both representing Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB), registered contrasting wins to bag the womens singles and mens singles crowns respectively in the LIC of India sponsored 24th Federation Cup All India Carrom Championship here today.
In the womens final Kajal was in complete control and went on to score an authoritative 25-13, 25-12 victory against Aisha Mohd of Jain Irrigation, a media release issued here said.
On the other hand, Ghufran started with a flourish, but later faced a strong challenge from World Champion Prashant More of Reserve Bank of India before scraping through by a close 25-13, 12-25, 22-19 scoreline in a thrilling mens final.

Results - Womens singles Final: Kajal Kumari (PSPB) beat Aisha Mohd (Jain Irrigation) 25-13, 25-12. Third place: Rashmi Kumari (PSPB) bt M. Parimala Devi (PSPB) 25-7, 17-25, 25-11. Semi-finals: Kajal Kumari (PSPB) bt M. Parimala Devi (PSPB) 25-17, 25-1; Aisha Mohd (Jain Irrigation) bt Rashmi Kumari (PSPB) 11-25, 25-20, 25-12.
Mens singles Final: Mohd. Ghufran (PSPB) beat Prashant More (RBI) 25-13, 15-25, 22-19. Third place: Riyaz Akbarali (AI) bt Rahim Khan (Jain Irrigation) 25-8, 25-10. Semi-finals: Mohd. Ghufran (PSPB) bt Rahim Khan (Jain Irrigation) 25-18, 25-6; Prashant More (RBI) bt Riyaz Akbarali (AI) 16-25, 25-12, 25-14.
Mens doubles - Finals: K.Srinivas/Sandeep Deorukhkar (PSPB) bt Yogesh Pardeshi/K. Ramesh Babu (PSPB) 22-25, 25-16, 25-15. Third place: Prashant More/L. Suryaprakash (RBI) bt Zaheer Pasha/Ravi Waghmare (RBI) 25-10, 25-12.

Womens doubles - Finals: Nagajyoti/I. Ilavazhki (PSPB) bt Rashmi Kumari/Kajal Kumari (PSPB) 4-25, 25-11, 25-7. Third place: Sangeeta Chandorkar/Kavita Somanchi (RBI) bt R. Gayatri/L. Amshavarthini (TN) 25-4, 8-25, 25-10.