Sathish Kumar Karunakaran, Ayush Shetty. (Twitter)
The 22-12 months-outdated Sathish bought the higher of Ayush Shetty within the summit conflict with a 21-18 19-21 21-14 win to get his arms on his maiden BWF Super 100 title.
India’s Sathish Kumar Karunakaran secured his maiden BWF Super 100 title after outwitting World junior bronze medallist Ayush Shetty in an all-Indian males’s singles last on the Odisha Masters on Sunday.
The 22-12 months-outdated Sathish, who received the lads’s singles title at India International and had a runner-up end at Maldives International this season, prevailed 21-18 19-21 21-14 over Ayush in an thrilling last.
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“I am really happy to win this title. I had prepared well for the last three events in India and one of the targets was to win at home and I am happy I could achieve it,” Sathish instructed PTI.
“I was playing well in Syed Modi International as well but suffered an injury to my fingers during the second round match. It took some time to recover. I was nervous today as it was my first Super 100 final.” Indian pair of Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila additionally stood on the podium after successful the combined doubles title following an exciting three-sport win over Singapore’s Hee Yong Kai Terry and Tan Wei Han Jessica in a pulsating last.
Tanisha, 20, and 23-12 months-outdated Dhruv dished out a gallant struggle to rally their method to outwit Hee and Tan 17-21 21-19 23-21 in an hour and 14 minutes.
Tanisha was additionally in motion within the girls’s doubles last with associate Ashwini Ponnappa however the Indian pair couldn’t go the gap this time, shedding 14-21 17-21 to the Indonesian mixture of Meilysa Trias Puspitasari and Rachel Allessya Rose. It was a creditable end from the Indian duo, which reached the finals on the Syed Modi International Super 300 in Lucknow and received the Guwahati Masters Super 100 final week.
Sixth-seeded Indian males’s doubles pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Sai Pratheek Ok additionally completed second greatest after happening 22-20 18-21 17-21 to seventh-seeded Lin Bing-Wei and Su Ching Heng of Chinese Taipei in an exciting last.
Sathish had come into the ultimate, having crushed Ayush on the Chhattisgarh India International Challenge this season.
However, there was hardly something to separate the 2 Indians although Sathish confirmed higher management and received the important thing moments to maneuver forward from 13-13 within the opening sport.
From 14-18, Ayush tried to struggle again however was erratic. Eventually, Sathish pushed one on the forehand nook to take two sport factors and sealed it with a smash.
Sathish saved the tempo excessive to eke out a 6-3 lead earlier than staying forward at 15-13 however Ayush stepped up and grabbed a one-sport level with a smash after which dominated a flat trade to take it to the decider.
Ayush fell right into a pool of errors as he sprayed into internet, smashed out and likewise made judgement errors to lag 1-7 within the decider. Sathish took a six-level benefit on the interval after his opponent despatched one other vast.
Ayush’s sport fell aside towards some relentless hitting from Sathish, who grew in confidence and it confirmed in his physique language.
Sathish moved to 9 championship factors after Ayush discovered the nets. He squandered three probabilities earlier than changing and threw his racquet within the air in celebration.
Sathish had additionally received the combined doubles titles with associate Aadya Variyath on the Maldives International and completed second greatest at Malaysia. He additionally performed for Chennai Superstarz in Premier Badminton League in 2020.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)
