Siya Singh of Fatima High School (Vidyavihar) showed great resilience and remarkable fighting qualities as she squashed the aspiration of fancied Alisha Naik of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Vidyalaya (Borivli) in an engrossing girls' under-14 final of the Mumbai Schools Sports Association-organised inter school badminton tournament at the Cricket Club of India badminton courts on Saturday.

Perfectly executing the strategies of coach Hufrish Nariman, Siya scored a fighting 15-21, 21-18, 21-12 victory to emerge victorious. The boys' under-14 final also witnessed a close battle for supremacy before second seed Saransh Gajbhiye of Ryan International (Goregaon) got the better of top seed Darius Pardiwala of Bombay Scottish (Mahim) 21-19, 22-24, 21-16.