Aakarshi Kashyap, Mithun Manjunath win titles at All India Sr Ranking badminton tourney
Top seed Aakarshi Kashyap won the women's singles title while 15th seed Mithun Manjunath bagged the men's singles top prize at the Yonex-Sunrise All India Senior Ranking badminton tournament here on Sunday.
Kashyap had to toil hard in the summit clash as the 16th seed Gayatri Gopichand proved to be a tough one to crack as she grabbed the second game.
But Kashyap calmed her nerves and produced some brilliant shots to outplay Gopichand in the decider and complete the marathon 21-17, 12-21, 21-9 win in 63 minutes.
The men's singles final witnessed 15th seed Manjunath beat 12th seed Kaushal Dharmamer 21-17 21-9 in a solid performance.
The 21-year-old Manjunath, who made it to the top 75 in the world last year and has been picked by Pune 7 Aces to play in the Premier Badminton League Season 5, had earlier accounted for the sixth seed Rahul Yadav Chittiaboina and 10th seed Siddharth Pratap Singh earlier this week.
Both the men's and the women's doubles categories had the top seeds losing in