NEW DELHI: Indian shuttlers Varun Kapur and Malvika Bansod registered hard-fought wins to clinch the lads’s and women’s singles titles respectively on the 2021 Uganda Worldwide in Kampala.
Varun needed to sweat it out to get the higher of seventh seeded Sankar Muthusamy 21-18 16-21 21-17 within the males’s singles remaining, whereas second seed Malvika notched up a come-from-behind 17-21 25-23 21-10 victory over compatriot Anupama Upadhyaya within the ladies singles summit conflict.
The junior world no. 2 Varun, who has been a constant performer on the junior circuit and clinched his sixth title earlier this 12 months, gained the primary recreation convincingly earlier than dropping the second.
Nevertheless, the 17-year-old seemed in full management within the decider and wrapped up the match comfortably in his favour.
Within the ladies’s singles remaining, Haryana woman Anupama began off nicely to take early lead by successful the primary recreation.
Nevertheless, the 19-year-old Malvika recovered nicely in time and was rewarded for her never-give-up angle because the Nagpur woman labored onerous to win the following two video games enroute to the title.
Sankar and Anupama needed to accept silver medals within the four-day match which noticed participation of shuttlers from India, Germany and African countries.
Varun needed to sweat it out to get the higher of seventh seeded Sankar Muthusamy 21-18 16-21 21-17 within the males’s singles remaining, whereas second seed Malvika notched up a come-from-behind 17-21 25-23 21-10 victory over compatriot Anupama Upadhyaya within the ladies singles summit conflict.
The junior world no. 2 Varun, who has been a constant performer on the junior circuit and clinched his sixth title earlier this 12 months, gained the primary recreation convincingly earlier than dropping the second.
Nevertheless, the 17-year-old seemed in full management within the decider and wrapped up the match comfortably in his favour.
Within the ladies’s singles remaining, Haryana woman Anupama began off nicely to take early lead by successful the primary recreation.
Nevertheless, the 19-year-old Malvika recovered nicely in time and was rewarded for her never-give-up angle because the Nagpur woman labored onerous to win the following two video games enroute to the title.
Sankar and Anupama needed to accept silver medals within the four-day match which noticed participation of shuttlers from India, Germany and African countries.
