PAN American, Caribbean and National badminton champion Priyanna Ramdhani showed that she can romp with the boys equally after finishing second place in the Men’s open singles of Banks DIH Aqua Mist/Powerade Christmas Badminton tournament, where she also ruled in the Ladies’ open singles and Girls’ Under-17 singles.

According to the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA), Ramdhani was allowed to play in the Men’s singles due to lack of competition in the Ladies’ singles of the three competitions, which concluded last Sunday at the National Gymnasium.
Ramdhani really showed skills in her semi-finals matchup against Jonathan Mangra, but found herself cut down by Ronald Chang Yuen in the final.

Mangra was able to strike first blood, winning the first game 21-9. However, in the second game Priyanna came back with superb and skilful play to win 21-11.
Obviously not at his best level of fitness, Mangra was feeling the pressure and picked up only 5 points by the time Priyanna amassed her 21, clearing the way for her to the final.
Yuen picked up the other final spot after taking out Marlon Chung in straight sets: 21-14, 21-17.

When things got down to the final, Ramdhani wasted no time taking the first game 21-10, while Yuen won the second game by the same margin.
Despite trying to continue her aggressive style in the decider game, she was not good enough to overcome Yuen, who took the game 21-19 to stop Ramdhani just short of her third title.

Ramdhani, however, still had her Ladies’ singles title to celebrate. She claimed the title after defeating Shivannie Persaud: 21-6, 21-8 and had already pocketed the Girls’ Under-17 singles title since Saturday when she outclassed Sacha Parmanand: 21-3, 21-1.
A small presentation ceremony followed Sunday’s conclusion of the tournament, where the winners were presented with their prizes – trophies and haversacks – by Banks DIH Powerade Brand Manager Mr Errol Nelson.

The GBA expressed its sincere gratitude and heartfelt delight to Banks DIH for coming on board to make the tournament possible, for yet another year. Appreciation was also extended to Mr Carlton Joao and all who supported the association.