India, Dec. 29 -- Surya Charishma Tamiri defeated Tanvi Patri and Rithvik Sanjeevi got the better of Bharat Raghav to win the women's and men's titles respectively in the Senior National Badminton Championships here on Sunday. The 19-year-old Surya from Vijayawada defeated Tanvi 17-21, 21-12, 21-14 in the women's singles final which lasted close to an hour. At the midway stage in the opening game, Tanvi took control of the match and frustrated her opponent to induce unforced errors.

One such error happened at 6-5 in the second game as Surya hit a service return in the net. But the service judge called it a fault for height which gave her a reprieve. Surya then went on to win seven consecutive points to take control of the second game. In...