Lucknow: The final of Syed Modi International Badminton Tournament was played. India’s men’s doubles pair of Prithvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Sai Pratik and mixed doubles team of Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila were the runners-up in the tournament. Prithvi and Sai gave a tough fight in the men’s doubles final which lasted for 71 minutes, but they had to face defeat from China’s Huang Di and Liu Yang 14-21, 21-19, 17-21.
Earlier, the fifth seeded pair of Tanisha and Dhruv lost the lead of one game and lost to Thailand’s Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Supisara Paewsampran 21-18 14-21 8-21 in the mixed doubles final. Prithvi and Sai had achieved a score of 8-8 in the first game, but the rival pair won the first game. Coming back in the second game, the Indians took a 11-7 lead at the break and won the game to level the score at 1-1. In the deciding game, the Indian pair recovered from 1-5 to level the score at 7-7 thanks to Sai’s powerful smash.
But despite reducing the gap to 17-18, the Chinese pair kept their composure and won the match. In the mixed doubles final, Tanisha and Dhruv were leading 6-0. But the Thai pair made a comeback and increased their lead to 14-12. Both the pairs were then tied at 18-18.
Tanisha took advantage of the weak return of the opponent player at a crucial moment and the first game went in the Indians’ bag. In the second game, Dechapol and Supisara made a comeback and took a 11-6 lead and took the match to the deciding game. Taking advantage of the mistakes of the Indian pair in the third game, the Thai pair managed to take a 11-5 lead at the break and then won the match.
