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Badminton Challenger: Rituparna Das clinches Polish Open title

PTI
Published : Sep 26, 2016, 6:07 am IST
Updated : Sep 26, 2016, 6:07 am IST

Young shuttler Rituparna Das clinched the Polish Open title defeating fellow Indian Rasika Raje in the women’s singles final of the International challenge badminton event in Beirun, Poland, on Sunday

Young shuttler Rituparna Das clinched the Polish Open title defeating fellow Indian Rasika Raje in the women’s singles final of the International challenge badminton event in Beirun, Poland, on Sunday.

Rituparna came back from a game down to beat Rasika 11-21, 21-7, 21-17 in a 40-minute clash.

In women’s doubles, the pair of Sanjana Santosh and Arathi Sara Sunil clinched the title defeating top seeds Natalya Voytsekh and Yelyzaveta Zharka 19-21, 21-19, 21-14 in the final that lasted more than an hour.

Sourabh Verna, however, lost his second final after the Belgium Open following some tough contest in the finals against Denmark’s Victor Svendsen.

The Indian, who is making a comeback after a series of injuries, fought a gruelling battle before going down 27-29, 13-21 in the men’s singles final.

Saturday evening, Rasika had the most trying time at the court as she fought hard before notching up a 21-17, 28-26 win over Malaysia’s Soniia Su ya Cheah.

Rituparna, however, didn’t break a sweat as she dumped Julie Macpherson 21-11, 21-9 in a lop-sided semi-final contest.

Sourabh too outclassed Zii Jia Lee, a qualifier in the event, to set up the final with Victor.

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