Badminton: India Junior Int’l Series
Hyderabad, Aug 24: Top seed Rounak Chouhan edged out Gnana Dattu in a three-game final to retain his men’s singles crown at the Kotak India Junior International Series here on Sunday.
After dropping the opening game 15-21, Rounak showed tremendous grit as he bounced back strongly to take the next two.
Rounak won the contest 15-21, 21-13, 21-13, repeating his title-winning run from last year.
In women’s singles final, third seed Shriyanshi Valishetty produced a dominant display to outclass Aikya Shetty 21-12, 21-8 and clinch the championship.
The men’s doubles final provided one of the day’s biggest upsets.
The unseeded pair of Niranjaan G Nandakumar and Yudhajith Reddy Padigepati prevailed over top seeds Bhavya Chhabra and C Lalramsanga 21-17, 14-21, 23-21 in a tense decider.
In women’s doubles, Deepak Raj Aditi and Ponnamma BV Vriddhi beat Keerthy Manchala and Varna Prabu Anand 21-13, 21-17 in straight sets at the Kotak Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy.
Vansh Dev and Shravani Walekar overcame the seeded duo of Mithileish P Krishnan and Varna Prabu Anand 19-21, 21-16, 21-15 to be crowned as the Mixed doubles champions. (PTI)