Badminton: Knockout competition-Ah-Wan and Malcouzane singles winners |16 November 2009

Inside a hot La Promenade Gymnasium, Ah-Wan dropped the first set, but banked on her experience to beat Catherina Paulin 2-1 (18-21, 21-17, 21-19) in an exciting women’s singles final encounter watched by a small crowd including Robert Auguste, the director for Federations Management and Development Division within the National Sports council.

While three-time African senior singles champion Ah-Wan won her match, former Sportsman of the Year Cupidon continued his miserable run against the shorter and agile Malcouzane in the men’s singles, losing yet another final 1-2 (21-19, 8-21, 11-21).

Ah-Wan and cousin Alisen Camille, who was crowned junior African ladies’ singles champion after three days of fierce competition at the All-Africa Junior Badminton Championship in Ethiopia, in August, teamed up to dispatch the pair of Paulin and Jessy Mancienne 2-0 (22-20, 21-14).

The men’s doubles title was won by Cupidon and Indonesian Nyoman Pryadi, who works at the Four Seasons hotel. They needed just two sets to post a 2-0 (21-16, 21-16) victory against Malcouzane and Kervin Ghislain.

Cupidon was again a winner in the mixed doubles alongside Camille and they defeated the duo of Ah-Wan and Malcouzane 2-0 (21-17, 21-14).
The winners and losing finalists won cash prizes for their efforts.

G. G.