Abhishek Saini of India won the men’s singles title at the Bangladesh International Challenge 2021 in Dhaka on Sunday, while Mehreen Riza and Arathi Sara Sunil of India won the women’s doubles title.
Abhishek Saini, number 474 in the world, upset compatriot Rithvik Kumar, ranked 808, 21-15, 21-18 in a 34-minute final. Abhishek finished first in an international tournament for the first time.
In the men’s singles, India had a clean sweep, with Kartikey Kumar finishing third.Surprisingly, in the 2019 edition of the competition, world No. 6 Lakshya Sen won the men’s singles title.
Mehreen Riza and Arathi Sunil advanced from the women’s doubles qualifiers to beat Malaysia’s Kasturi Radhakrishnan and Venosha Radhakrishnan 22-20, 21-12 in the final. It was a 26-minute encounter.
Mehreen Riza defeated the Malaysian pair for the second time in a row, having defeated them in the Bahrain International Challenge Round of 16 in November.
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India missed a top-place finish in the men’s doubles and mixed doubles, losing to Sri Lankan teams in both events.
Bokka Navaneeth and Srikrishna Podile lost to Sachin Dias and Buwaneka Goonethilleka 15-21, 9-21 in the men’s doubles final while Pratik Ranade and Akshaya Warang were beaten by Sachin Dias and Kavidi Sirimannage 15-21, 18-21 in the mixed doubles.
Isharani Baruah finished third in the women’s singles.
