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PANJIM: Sandhya Melasheemi along with her partner Sangeeta Mari won bronze at the BWF World Senior badminton championships in Huelva, Spain.
Representing India, Sandhya/Sangeeta defeated Sabine Froehlich/Christine Klitsch 21-11, 21-4 in women’s doubles 35+ quarterfinals before losing to number two seeds and eventual winners Gry Uhrenholt Hermansen/Helle Kæmpegaard from Denmark in a close 21-14, 22-20 score line.
Sandhya also reached the quarterfinals in her women’s singles event in 35+ age category. Goa’s top pair in men’s doubles 65+, Tanaji Sawant and Pradeep Dhond put up a creditable performance, reaching the quarterfinals before being edged out 21-14, 28-26 by Russian pair of Vladimir Koloskov/Igor Ponomarev.
K. A. Aneesh / Vijay Lancy Mascarenhas won Gold for India in MD 45+. Other Indians to win silver were J. B. S. Vidyadhar / Ajit B. Umrani (MD 40+), Nupura GADGIL / Pooja PATIL (WD 35+) and Padmanabha Raghavan / Varun Sharma (MD 35+) while India bagged 5 Bronze medals in all in these World championships.
