Naren wins silver

Bengaluru:

Naren S Iyer

settled for the silver medal, going down fighting to fellow Indian Farogh Aman Sanjay in the men's singles final at the Botswana International badminton tournament, a Future Series event, at Lobatse on Sunday. Bengaluru's Naren, 18, lost a close first game after a deuce and won the second in style but sixth seed Sanjay edged past him in a tense decider to prevail 25-23, 19-21, 23-21 in 50 minutes. En route to the final, Naren, who trains at Level Up academy, scalped three seeded players including second seed Dmitriy Panarin of Kazakhstan and third seed

Ruan Snyman

of South Africa. India's Revati Devasthale clinched the women's crown, defeating top seed

Johanita

Sch- oltz of South Africa 18-21, 21-13, 21-13 in 51 minutes.Result: Men: Final: Naren S Iyer lost to 6-Farogh Sanjay Aman 23-25, 21-19, 21-23. Semis: bt 3-Ruan Snyman (RSA) 21-13, 21-18. Quarters: bt 5-Robert White (RSA) 21-12, 22-20. Second round: bt 2-Dmitriy Panarin (Kaz) 21-6, 21-7. First round: bt Perekisi Tshepo (Bot) 21-9, 21-18.