Daniel rallies to win men's title

Second seed Daniel S Farid rallied to topple top seed Raghu M to clinch the men’s singles title in the Yonex Karnataka State Championship here on Sunday.

Raghu began well and edged his opponent 22-20 in the first game but Daniel came back powerfully. The White Peacock Badminton Academy player won the next two games 21-14, 21-12 to emerge champion.

Results: All finals: Men: Singles: Daniel S Farid bt Raghu M 20-22, 21-14, 21-12.
Doubles: Prakash Raj S/Vaibhav bt Amith Kumar/Ashith Surya 21-17, 21-15. Mixed doubles: Kiran Kumar G/Nischitha GM bt Rameswar Mahapatra/Rachana K B 21-9, 21-13.

U-19: Final: Nikhil Shyam Sriram bt Kiran B 21-19, 21-15. Doubles: Ganesh Vittalji/Sai Prateek K bt Abi Amudhan S/Kiran B 21-18, 21-18.