The Click Inter-University Badminton Tournament, organised by Bangladesh Badminton Federation (BBF), began on Thursday at Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium.
Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives secretary Abdul Malek, also President of BBF, inaugurated the three-day tournament in the afternoon, sponsored by Pran RFL Group.
Deputy Secretary General of Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) Ashiqur Rahman Miku and BBF Senior Vice President Amir Hossain Bahar were also present on the occasion.
Some 125 players from 34 private and state-run universities are taking part in the first-ever meet in men’s singles and men’s doubles.
Results of the day’s men’s singles matches:
Rajon Mollah (Manarat Int. Uni.) beat Javed Hasan (BGMEA Uni ) by 21-11, 21-18 points; Mostafizur Rahman (Patuakhali Govt. College) defeated Abid Anwar (Primeasia University) 21-17, 21-16 points, Mehedi Hasan (IBAIS University) beat Sakib Hasan (Notre Dam University) 21-9, 21-6; Tushar (Independent University) beat Iftekhar Ahmed (Feni University) 21-5, 21-12; Subrata Adhikary (Prime Asia) beat Ashraful Alam (World University) 21-19, 21-13; Fayaz (Southeast University) beat Shariful Islam (Sonargoan University) 21-15, 14-21, 22-20, Nur-e-Alam Siddique (Shah Jalal Uni) defeated Niamat Mollah (Bangabandhu University) 21-17, 21-10 while Jalal M Ashfaq (BD Textile) beat Sohel Rana (Dhaka University) 21-10, 21-11.
