Mithun annexes Bangladesh crown

Bengaluru: Second seed Mithun Manjunath of Karnataka annexed the Bangladesh International Challenge 2022 badminton title, defeating sixth seed Priyanshu Rajawat in the final in Dhaka recently.
Mithun, 24, who works for South-eastern Railway and trains at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy in Bengaluru, dropped the second game in a tense title decider before prevailing 21-12, 16-21, 21-9 in 52 minutes.
Second seed Aakarshi Kashyap won the women's crown, beating Ashmita Chaliha 21-15, 21-13.
Results: Men: Final: 2-Mithun Manjunath (Ind) bt 6-Priyanshu Rajawat (Ind) 21-12, 16-21, 21-9. Semis: bt 4-Kiran George (Ind) 21-12, 18-21, 21-9. Quarters: bt 5-Soong Joo Ven (Mas) 21-13, 21-15. Women: Final: 2-Aakarshi Kashyap (Ind) bt 6-Ashmita Chaliha (Ind) 21-15, 21-13.