Vidhya Patel, Kalpana Gurjar won Amla Ruia Women's Pairs title in Ashok Ruia Memorial Winter National Bridge Championship
Vidhya Patel and Kalpana Gurjar from Raibidpura village in Madhya Pradesh added one more feather to their caps as the duo bagged the Amla Ruia Women Pairs title on the second day of the 67th Ashok Ruia Memorial Winter National Bridge Championship at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre here on Tuesday.
Vidhya and Kalpana, who earlier won the National Ladies Pairs Event in Chennai this year, collected 57.42 International Match Points (IMPs) and were hotly challenged by Rekha Mody and Vandana Tooslidas, who amassed 56 IMPs to remain content with the runners-up position. Sangeeta Mohta & Barsha Khattry finished third, collecting 26.89 IMPs.
With this victory, 25-year-old Vidya justified her selection as the “Best Junior Girls Player in 2025“ award to be presented by the Bridge Federation of India later during this championship.
Kamna Sharma & Richa Sriram and Vasanti Shah & Bharati Dey, who took the first and second spot at the end of the qualifying rounds yesterday, failed to live up to the expectation and ended 6th and 5th with -3 IMPs and 16.68 IMPs respectively at the end of the final round on Tuesday.
On the other hand, the young Vidya-Kalpana pair and veterans Rekha-Vandana duo, who finished at 5th and 12th position respectively at the end of the qualifying round last evening, rose to the occasion to emerge champions and runners up respectively after a see-saw battle.
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