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Meiraba, Dhruv-Arjun bag titles in Maha Metro International Challenge badminton tournament

Nagpur, Sep 18 (IANS) Forthcoming junior Meiraba Maisnam, 19, and Big showdowns quarterfinalists Dhruv Kapila and M.R Arjun enrolled differentiating triumphs to secure the mens singles and copies titles at the Maha Metro Maharashtra Global Test badminton competition here on Sunday.

Meiraba upset second seed Mithun Manjunath 21-14, 21-16 in the men’s singles last while the men’s copies mix of Dhruv and Arjun did well to refocus subsequent to squandering a match-guide in the second game toward rout Thailand’s Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn and Nanthakarn Yordphaisong 21-17, 20-22, 21-18 to secure the victor’s prize.

India got an opportunity to secure a sum of four titles on the last day of the opposition yet unseeded G. Ruthvika Shivani and the blended duplicates matching of K. Maneesha and Gouse Shaikh lost in straight games.

Ruthvika, who has been getting back in the saddle after a long injury lay-off, had disturbed many cultivated players on the way to the last yet couldn’t deal with the ability of Japan’s Miho Kayama, going down 21-11, 21-11.

Heartiest congratulations to ace shuttler Maisnam Meiraba Luwang for winning the Gold medal in the BWF India Maharashtra International Challenges-2022″ in Nagpur, Under BWF/Badminton ASIA.

— Kongkham Robindro Singh (@Robindro_K_S) September 18, 2022

Shaikh and Maneesha were likewise unfit to inconvenience Thailand’s Ruttanapak Oupthong and Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat and lost 21-18, 21-9, the Badminton Relationship of India (BAI) informed in a delivery on Sunday.

Seventh seeds Chisato Hoshi and Miyu Takahashi secured the ladies’ copies crown in an all-Japan last beating Kayama and Kaho Osawa 21-18, 19-21, 21-16 in the last.