KHARKIV (Ukraine): India's men's doubles and mixed doubles pairs on Sunday triumphed at the
Kharkiv International badminton
tournament after posting contrasting victories in their respective final matches.
In the men's doubles, K Nandagopal and
Rohan Kapoor
posted an upset win over compatriots
Francis Alwin
and
Kona Tarun
18-21, 24-22, 21-18 in a match that lasted 55 minutes.
In the mixed doubles final, K Nandagopal bagged his second title of the day by combining with
Mahima Aggarwal
.
The third seeded Nandagopal and Aggarwal stunned top seeded Indian duo of Saurabh Sharma and Anoushka Parikh 21-14, 21-15 in just 30 minutes to clinch the trophy.
However, another Indian in the fray --
Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli
-- missed the women's singles title narrowly after losing her final match.
The third seeded Indian fought hard before going down 21-18, 16-21, 21-23 to local player Natalya Voytsekh, seeded seventh, after an hour-long battle.
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