Second seed Simran Singhi of Ryan International ICSE (Malad) beat school-mate and best friend Arya Shetty 21-10, 21-14 to clinch the girl's U-16 Mumbai Schools Sports Association inter-school badminton title at the Cricket Club of India badminton courts yesterday.


Ryan International's Simran Singhi during the MSSA girl’s U-16 final at the CCI yesterday. Pics/Suresh KK  

In the opening game, Arya had a 4-1 lead, but Simran came back into the game with some hard-hitting cross-court smashes to win 21-10. The second game went neck-and-neck till 7-7, after which Simran took control of the game and won nine points by playing some deceptive drop shots and rallies to make it 16-8 in her favour. Arya did try to make a comeback but it was too late as Simran won the game 21-14.