2017 AZBC ARIZONA BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS

Avi, Priya, Vaishnavi, Tejas, Chinmai, Kiyoko, and Art -- some of the winners and finalists at the 2017 Arizona Badminton Championships.

April 15 & 22, 2017, Mesa...

The annual AZBC ARIZONA BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS serves as the state tournament to determine the best players in each of the primary disciplines of badminton-- women and men singles, women and men doubles and mixed doubles. Each year we honor these champions with their names on our perpetual plaque in the lobby. This year also saw the largest number of participants in our history with nearly 100 entries. Along with the Open events, there were also "B", Senior, and the largest turnout of Kids in their age groups of U9, U11, U13, U15. The kids showed much improvement in skills and temperament on the court, too! They had a blast!

This year's Open Champions are WS: Priya Nair; MS: Chinmai Basavaraj; WD: Kiyoko & Theo Hashimoto; MD: Sumit Arora & Avi Mamidanna; MX: Art Solo & Kiyoko Hashimoto. Chinmai, of Tucson, was a largely unknown player with an outstanding all around game winning in straight sets over four tough opponents to take the title. Kiyoko was the only double winner this year, who in past years has collected more overall titles than anyone else in the 6 years of these championships. The complete finals results follow:

OWS: Priya Nair def. Vaishnavi Koka, 21-19, 21-14; BWS: Gabrielle Nakata def. Elizabeth Palmo, 21-7; OMS: Chinmai Basavaraj def. Tejas Ashani, 21-15, 21-12; BMS: Abdul Hannan Rana def. Charles Wang, 21-18; SMS: Francis Hartojo def. Chacko Kuruvilla, 21-18; OWD: Kiyoko & Theo Hashimoto def. Vaishnavi Koka/Priya Nair, 22-20, 21-18; BWD: Connie Devenport/Ekta Kulkarni def. Angela Chen/Elizabeth Palmo, 21-11, 21-6; OMD: Sumit Arora/Avi Mamidanna def. Rick Nguyen/Aaron Romualdez, 21-9, 21-15. BMD: Khadar Shaik/Shandy Popuru def. Doug Towne/Paul Varghese, 21-15, 21-12; SMD: Chacko Kuruvilla/Doug Towne def. Ramesh Bondalapati/Warren Mee, 21-10, 21-14. OMX: Art Solo/Kiyoko Hashimoto def. Avi Mamidanna/Priya Nair, 21-16, 21-18; BMX: DJ Peters/Neha Rajendra def. Cameron Ohoro/Amber Beeney, 13-21, 21-15, 22-20; SMX: Naren Koka/Lan Xu def. Doug Towne/Marsha Morris, 19-21, 21-16, 21-15.

JUNIOR CHAMPIONS: U9 BS- Byron Mee; U11 GS- Kiseki Hashimoto; U11 BS- Rahul Jayaraj; U11BD- Dominic Kwan/Rahul Jayaraj; U11 MX- Dominic Kwan/ Kiseki Hashimoto; U13 GS- Jordyn Mee; U13 BS- Gabriel Allen; U13 GD- Jordyn Mee/Flora Tao; U13 BD- Gabriel Allen/Rahul Jayaraj; U13 MX- Rahul Jayaraj/Flora Tao; U15 GS- Jordyn Mee; U15 BS- Gabriell Allen; U15 GD- Jordyn Mee/Nikhita Jayaraj; U15 BD- Gabriel Allen/Dominic Kwan; U15 MX- Dominic Kwan/Flora Tao.