HYDERABAD: Indian shuttlers won both singles titles at the Telangana India International Challenge, with the finals played at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy in Gachibowli on Sunday. Both singles finals went to three games.
Final results
- 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 ninth seed Rujula Ramu 16-21, 21-15, 21-14 in 53 minutes.
- Mixed doubles: Second seeds Rodion Alimov and Alina Davletova of Russia beat Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Ashwini Ponnappa 19-21, 21-11, 21-13.
- Women's doubles: Japan's Mei Sudo and Mai Tanabe beat the top-seeded Thai pair 21-11, 21-11.
- Men's doubles: Krishna Prasad Garaga and Pruthvi Roy won 21-12, 21-18.
India took three of the five titles. The tournament, held from November 3 to 8, was organised by the Badminton Association of Telangana. Its president, IT Minister D. Sridhar Babu, said at the start of the event that the aim is to make Telangana an international sports hub.
