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Twice as nice for city shuttler Divecha!
Updated On: 29 March, 2024 12:35 PM IST | Mumbai | SUNDARII IYER
Maharashtra’s Naheed considers winning gold in women’s 50 singles and mixed doubles at Indian Masters National Badminton Championship at Panchkula ‘special’
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Maharashtra shuttler Naheed Divecha with the gold medals she won at the 46th Indian Masters National Badminton Championship at Panchkula recently. PIC/Divecha’s personal collection
City shuttler Naheed Divecha has bagged multiple titles to date, but she considers winning two golds at the Yonex Sunrise 46th Indian Masters National Badminton Championship at Panchkula, Haryana, exceptional as it was her first singles title and also her first mixed doubles honours with new partner Kiran Mokade.
In the women’s 50 singles final, Divecha, who plays at the Bombay Gymkhana, defeated Sunita Singh Panwar of Haryana 21-14, 21-11. Later, Divecha and Mokade, also from Maharashtra, bagged the mixed doubles 50 title with 21-15, 21-9 win over top-seeded Karnataka pair of Prabagaran Subbaiyan and Jayashree Raghu. Talking about her recent feat at Panchkula, Divecha, 52, told mid-day.com: “I have won many titles before. At the 2019 nationals, I won two golds [both in doubles] and a silver [in singles]. That’s the closest I came to a triple, while in 2023 I won one gold and two bronze. I have won three medals at state events thrice, but this was a very special victory this year. I have been playing the Masters Nationals since 2013, but this time was my first-ever singles title. And a singles title always holds more weightage than doubles. I have always reached the semis or the finals in singles without winning gold, but this time I was able to go the distance. The mixed doubles title was exceptional considering Kiran [from Nagpur] and I won gold in our maiden year of the partnership.”
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