HYDERABAD: Indian players won three of the five titles at the Telangana India International Challenge, held at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy from November 3 to 8. Both singles finals on Sunday went to three games.
Finals
- Men's singles: sixth seed Tushar Suveer beat Bharat Raghav 15-21, 21-18, 21-19 in 58 minutes.
- Women's singles: top seed Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj beat Rujula Ramu 16-21, 21-15, 21-14 in 53 minutes.
- Men's doubles: top seeds Krishna Prasad Garaga and Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy beat Sai Pratheek K and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi 21-12, 21-18.
- Mixed doubles: India's Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Ashwini Ponnappa lost to Rodion Alimov and Alina Davletova 21-19, 11-21, 13-21.
- Women's doubles: Japan's Mei Sudo and Mai Tanabe beat Thailand's top seeds Phattharin Aiamvareesrisakul and Sarisa Janpeng 21-11, 21-11.
Tushar and Rakshitha both lost the opening game before coming back to win the decider. Telangana's Special Chief Secretary Jayesh Ranjan was among those who presented the prizes.
