KUWAIT: The 6th IBAK - Pizzahut Master's Cup was held on February 23 and 24 at IBAK Gym, Salwa. Master's Cup is the most prestigious of domestic badminton tournaments in Kuwait. Over 200 players from over 10 different nationalities participated in this year's edition. Over a hundred volunteers and six hundred spectators made this event a grand success.

The event was inaugurated by Ms Yasmin, Marketing manager Pizza Hut, in the presence of Dr Manimara Chozhan, Chairman IBAK, KT Chandrahas, General Secretary IBAK, Saravanan, Tournament Director, Prasad Thandassery, Joint Tournament Director and Ms Aisha, Assistant Marketing Manager Pizzahut.

The qualifying  and preliminary league round robin started on the 23rd and the finals were played on the 24th. This year's Masters Cup saw fierce competition and sprung out several surprise finalists.

This year's Master's Cup was played in five categories .

1. Flight 1 doubles - Professional

2. Flight 2 doubles- Advanced

3. Flight 3 doubles- Intermediate

4. Flight 4 doubles- Lower intermediate level

5. Open Singles

Winners

Flight 4 - Open Doubles Lower Intermediate

Winner    Carandang, Jimmy+Julius, Marc

Runner up    Abhilash, Ajay+Kumar, Karthik

Semifinalist    Sumesh, Addison+Sumesh, Arden Paul

Semifinalist    Balasubramaniyam, Parthasarthy+Parthasarthy, Jayanth

Flight 3 - Open Doubles Intermediate

Winner    Bancud, Melvin+Rivera, Ryan

Runner up    Dinesh Ram+Kunnil, Thomas J

Semifinalist    Ramesh, Dhruva+Siraj, Adnan

Semifinalist    Behnan, Pradeep+Malayil, Shibu

Flight 2 - Mens Doubles Advance

Winner    Joy, Subin K+Varghees, Subin

Runner up    Aktar, Arif Sayed+Singh, Vikas

Semifinalist    Mathew, Joby+Punnackal, Sajeev

Semifinalist    Chandran, Sayju+Rawat, Anikit

Flight 1- Mens Doubles Professional

Winner    James, Bastian+Latheef, Aneef  K

Runner up    Ajayakumar, Sayooj+Paul, Sanil

Semifinalist    Farooqi, Abdul Jabbar+Kalliparambil, Badar

Semifinalist    Putra, Gede+Rezka, Nanang

Singles

Winner     Ilayaraja

Runner up    Kalliparambil, Badar

Semifinalist    Farooqi, Abdul Jabbar

Semifinalist    James, Bastian

The prizes were given away by the Executive committee members of IBAK.