LUCKNOW: A gritty Sameer Verma produced a sensational efficiency to shield his men's singles identify, making up for the failure of his compatriots in the other finals on the USD 150,000 Syed Modi International on Sunday.
World No. 16 Sameer, who trains beneath Pullela Gopichand at Hyderabad, defeated China's Lu Guangzu 16-21, 21-19, 21-14 in a pulsating summit conflict to lift the trophy for the second one successive time at the same time as Saina Nehwal, men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and ladies's doubles aggregate of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy chew the mud.
Former champion Saina failed to supply her very best, losing 18-21, Eight-21 to younger Chinese Han Yue -- a 2017 world junior championship silver medallist -- in a lop-sided girls's singles summit conflict.
Saina, who gained a gold and a bronze on the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games respectively, had ended 2nd very best on the Indonesia Masters in January and Denmark Open in October this year.
Earlier, Commonwealth Games silver medallists Satwiksairaj and Chirag also went down 11-21, 20-22 to 2nd seeds Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto of Indonesia to accept the runners-up prize in the men's doubles pageant.
Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Ashwini and Sikki also couldn't are living up to the expectations, losing 15-21, 13-21 to third seeded Malaysian pair of Chow Mei Kuan and Lee Meng Yean in girls's doubles ultimate. The Indian pair had misplaced in the finals in the last version as well.
Sameer then brightened up the dismal day along with his never-say-die perspective to claim his 3rd identify of the season, following victories at Swiss Open and Hyderabad Open.
His efficiency helped him acquire sufficient rating issues to surpass Japan's Kenta Nishimoto at no Eight in the HSBC Race to Guangzhou Rankings and qualify for the year-ending BWF World Tour Finals to be held in December.
Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu is the one other Indian to have qualified for the distinguished event in China.
Sameer played patiently, constructing the rallies along with his repertoire of strokes to dominate early in the opening recreation. He led 6-2 initially, sooner than extending it to Eight-Four.
An error of judgement on the backline adopted by Lu's three smashes saw the Chinese claw back at Eight-Eight.
Lu unleashed every other down-the-line wreck to guide 10-Eight sooner than he entered the damage after profitable a fast paced rally.
After the interval, Sameer looked more sure in his method as he levelled the ratings with three immediately issues.
But Lu once more turned the tide, smashing his approach to a relaxed 20-14 lead when the Indian hit extensive. Sameer saved two issues sooner than every other wreck earned Lu the bragging rights.
The 2nd recreation saw some exciting rallies right from the beginning with Sameer grinding out a 10-7 lead after splitting the initial 14 issues. The Indian grabbed an 11-Eight lead on the breather after Lu hit long.
After the damage, Lu kept snapping at Sameer's heels, finding gaps in his rival's defence to narrow the result in 13-14 and then turned the tables when Sameer hit the web.
A large wreck from Lu once more gave the result in Sameer at 17-16. But two exact returns helped Lu to attract parity at 18-18.
Another fast paced rally ended with Lu hitting extensive and he discovered the web next at hand two recreation issues to Sameer. The Indian missed the road as soon as however produced an accurate go back on the backline to take the fit to the decider.
Sameer strengthened his defence and used the momentum of the second one recreation to dominate early in the decider.
He led 7-3 however Lu as soon as once more scripted a recovery, reeling off seven immediately issues to led 10-7.
Sameer then unleashed a body wreck and hit two more sizzling smashes to make it 10-10. Lu went to the web next as Sameer controlled a slender 11-10 merit on the damage.
The Indian took the next two issues after the exchange of sides sooner than an excellent drop shot left him sprawling on the ground.
The Indian confirmed immaculate defence and pounced on the possibilities to eke out a 16-12 lead with the assistance of higher net recreation and a couple of rasping shots.
Lu crumbled after that, hitting long and extensive at hand over six fit issues to Sameer, who transformed them because the Chinese hit the web.
World No. 16 Sameer, who trains beneath Pullela Gopichand at Hyderabad, defeated China's Lu Guangzu 16-21, 21-19, 21-14 in a pulsating summit conflict to lift the trophy for the second one successive time at the same time as Saina Nehwal, men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and ladies's doubles aggregate of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy chew the mud.
Former champion Saina failed to supply her very best, losing 18-21, Eight-21 to younger Chinese Han Yue -- a 2017 world junior championship silver medallist -- in a lop-sided girls's singles summit conflict.
Saina, who gained a gold and a bronze on the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games respectively, had ended 2nd very best on the Indonesia Masters in January and Denmark Open in October this year.
Earlier, Commonwealth Games silver medallists Satwiksairaj and Chirag also went down 11-21, 20-22 to 2nd seeds Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto of Indonesia to accept the runners-up prize in the men's doubles pageant.
Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Ashwini and Sikki also couldn't are living up to the expectations, losing 15-21, 13-21 to third seeded Malaysian pair of Chow Mei Kuan and Lee Meng Yean in girls's doubles ultimate. The Indian pair had misplaced in the finals in the last version as well.
Sameer then brightened up the dismal day along with his never-say-die perspective to claim his 3rd identify of the season, following victories at Swiss Open and Hyderabad Open.
His efficiency helped him acquire sufficient rating issues to surpass Japan's Kenta Nishimoto at no Eight in the HSBC Race to Guangzhou Rankings and qualify for the year-ending BWF World Tour Finals to be held in December.
Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu is the one other Indian to have qualified for the distinguished event in China.
Sameer played patiently, constructing the rallies along with his repertoire of strokes to dominate early in the opening recreation. He led 6-2 initially, sooner than extending it to Eight-Four.
An error of judgement on the backline adopted by Lu's three smashes saw the Chinese claw back at Eight-Eight.
Lu unleashed every other down-the-line wreck to guide 10-Eight sooner than he entered the damage after profitable a fast paced rally.
After the interval, Sameer looked more sure in his method as he levelled the ratings with three immediately issues.
But Lu once more turned the tide, smashing his approach to a relaxed 20-14 lead when the Indian hit extensive. Sameer saved two issues sooner than every other wreck earned Lu the bragging rights.
The 2nd recreation saw some exciting rallies right from the beginning with Sameer grinding out a 10-7 lead after splitting the initial 14 issues. The Indian grabbed an 11-Eight lead on the breather after Lu hit long.
After the damage, Lu kept snapping at Sameer's heels, finding gaps in his rival's defence to narrow the result in 13-14 and then turned the tables when Sameer hit the web.
A large wreck from Lu once more gave the result in Sameer at 17-16. But two exact returns helped Lu to attract parity at 18-18.
Another fast paced rally ended with Lu hitting extensive and he discovered the web next at hand two recreation issues to Sameer. The Indian missed the road as soon as however produced an accurate go back on the backline to take the fit to the decider.
Sameer strengthened his defence and used the momentum of the second one recreation to dominate early in the decider.
He led 7-3 however Lu as soon as once more scripted a recovery, reeling off seven immediately issues to led 10-7.
Sameer then unleashed a body wreck and hit two more sizzling smashes to make it 10-10. Lu went to the web next as Sameer controlled a slender 11-10 merit on the damage.
The Indian took the next two issues after the exchange of sides sooner than an excellent drop shot left him sprawling on the ground.
The Indian confirmed immaculate defence and pounced on the possibilities to eke out a 16-12 lead with the assistance of higher net recreation and a couple of rasping shots.
Lu crumbled after that, hitting long and extensive at hand over six fit issues to Sameer, who transformed them because the Chinese hit the web.
Syed Modi International: Sameer retains title, Saina loses
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