Sankar Saraswat wins Guwahati Masters Super 100 men’s singles title

Hyderabad: India’s rising star Sankar Saraswat upset the experienced Mithun Manjunath to clinch the men’s singles title in the Guwahati Masters Super 100 tournament at the National Centre of Excellence in Guwahati on Sunday. Sankar got the better of Mithun Manjunath 21-11, 17-21, 21-13 in an all-Indian men’s final. The Jodhpur-born shuttler came through the […]

Hyderabad: India’s rising star Sankar Saraswat upset the experienced Mithun Manjunath to clinch the men’s singles title in the Guwahati Masters Super 100 tournament at the National Centre of Excellence in Guwahati on Sunday.

Sankar got the better of Mithun Manjunath 21-11, 17-21, 21-13 in an all-Indian men’s final.

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The Jodhpur-born shuttler came through the qualifying rounds and upset Syed Modi Open champion Jason Gunawan in the second round.

Meanwhile, World junior champion Tanvi Sharma and the men’s doubles pair of Sai Pratheek K and Pruthvi Roy went down in their respective finals.

Tanvi, seeded eighth, lost 21-18, 21-18 to sixth seed Tung Ciou-Tong of Chinese Taipei in the women’s singles final.

Malaysia’s Kang Khai Xing and Aaron Tai defeated Roy and Sai Pratheek 21-13, 21-18 in the men’s doubles final.