Manu-Sumeeth retain Lagos International title

NEW DELHI: Defending champions Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy retained the men's doubles title at $25,000 Lagos International badminton tournament in Nigeria.
Senior national champions Manu and Sumeeth, seeded top, defeated Vaibhav and Prakash Raj 21-12, 21-12 in the final to lay claim to the title for the second time.
In a tournament dominated by Indians, women doubles and mixed doubles final also turned out to be a fight among compatriots.
While Kuhoo Garg and Ria Mukherjee combined to see off Krishma Wadekar and V Harika 21-10, 21-18 in women's doubles, Manu and Manisha paired up to secure the mixed doubles gold by defeating Kuhoo and Rohan Kapoor 21-17, 22-20 in another summit clash.
In women's singles, Sree Krishina Priya had to settle for silver after she suffered a heart-breaking 22-20, 16-21, 25-27 loss to Russia's Ksenia Polikaprova in a thrilling final.
Misha Zilberman of Israel, meanwhile, claimed the men's singles title after defeating Ramdam Misburn of Maylasia in a hard-fought game.