Busanan and doubles pair win crowns

Busanan and doubles pair win crowns

Benyapa Aimsaard (left) and Nuntakarn Aimsaard celebrate with their women's doubles gold medals in New Delhi.
Benyapa Aimsaard (left) and Nuntakarn Aimsaard celebrate with their women's doubles gold medals in New Delhi.

Busanan Ongbamrungphan claimed the women's singles title at the US$400,000 BWF India Open in New Delhi on Sunday.

The second seed overcame fellow Thai Supanida Katethong 22-20, 19-21, 21-13 in one hour 16 minutes to win the her first title of the year at the World Tour Super 500 event.

Supanida had upset top seed Pusarla V Sindhu of India in the semi-finals on Saturday.

Busanan took home the US$30,000 (approx 1,002,000 baht) winner's cheque while Supanida received $15,200 (501,600 baht).

Earlier, Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsaard were crowned the women's doubles champions.

The Thai fourth seeded duo eased past third seeds Anastasiia Akchurina and Olga Morozova 21-13, 21-5 in just 34 minutes in yesterday's championship match.

The duo received $31,600 (1,055,440 baht) for their first World Tour 500 title.

Thai badminton boss Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul congratulated the winners.

"It was a great start to the year for Thai shuttlers for winning two titles in India," said Patama.

"I would like to also congratulate Supanida for her huge victory over [Pusarla V] Sindhu, who is a former world champion and the Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist."

The men's singles title went to Lakshya Sen as the Indian upset world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore 24-22, 21-17.

In the mixed doubles final, Singapore's Terry Hee Yong Kai and Tan Wei Han defeated third seeds Chen Tang Jie and Peck Yen Wei 21-15, 21-18 to claim the gold medals.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty of India won the men's doubles title after beating Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia 21-16, 26-24.

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