Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 25 (ANI): The two men's singles finalists at the Syed Modi India International 2022 will receive finalist World Ranking points and an equal share of the prize money.

Lucknow Jan 23 PTI Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu eased past young compatriot Malvika Bansod in straight games to win her second womens singles title at the Syed Modi International badminton tournament here on Sunday Playing in a depleted field due to multiple COVID-19 cases top seed Sindhu hardly broke her sweat to get past Bansod 21-13 21-16 in a lop-sided title clash The final lasted just 35 minutes It was former world champion Sindhus second Syed Modi title after having annexed the BWF World Tour Super 300 event in 2017 Before that seventh seeded Indians Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto clinched the mixed doubles title with a straight game win over compatriots T Hema Nagendra Babu and Srivedya Gurazada Bhatnagar and Crasto inflicted a 21-16 21-12 on the unseeded Indian duo in the summit clash that ended in 29 minutes Earlier the mens singles final between Arnaud Merkle and Lucas Claerbout was declared a No Match after one of the finalists tested positive for COVID-19 PTI SSC SSC AH AH

Lucknow Jan 23 PTI Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu eased past young compatriot Malvika Bansod in straight games to win her second womens singles title at the Syed Modi International badminton tournament here on Sunday Playing in a depleted field due to multiple COVID-19 cases top seed Sindhu hardly broke her sweat to get past Bansod 21-13 21-16 in a lop-sided title contest The final lasted just 35 minutes It was former world champion Sindhus second Syed Modi title after having annexed the BWF World Tour Super 300 event in 2017 Before that seventh seeded Indians Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto clinched the mixed doubles title with a straight game win over compatriots T Hema Nagendra Babu and Srivedya Gurazada Bhatnagar and Crasto inflicted a 21-16 21-12 on the unseeded Indian duo in the summit clash that ended in 29 minutes Earlier the mens singles final between Arnaud Merkle and Lucas Claerbout was declared a No Match after one of the finalists tested positive for COVID-19 It was expected to be a one-sided womens singles match between world number seven Sindhu and young Bansod ranked 84th in the world and it turned out to be exactly that Sindhu used her vast experience and skills to great effect as Bansod found it extremely difficult to adjust to her opponents game from the onset The Tokyo Olympics silver medallist took off from the word go and raced to a 7-0 lead in no time The ace shuttler used her height and reach to great effect to increase her lead to 11-1 at the break After the break Bansod tried to up her game and collected a few points to close the gap but it was no match for a much superior Sindhu who closed out the first game with consummate ease The second game however produced a better contest with Bansod trying her best to lift her game and she did that too but it was not enough to challenge Sindhus class Sindhu used her height to mix her smashes with pinpoint drop shots which Bansod failed to counter as the Olympic medallist raced to a 11-4 lead at the break Sindhu continued in the same vein even though Bansod tried her best to forge a comeback and in the process secured four points on the trot to reduce the deficit to 17-12 Bansod managed to pick up four more points but lacked the temperament and class as Sindhu closed out the contest without any fuss PTI SSC SSC AH AH

Lucknow Jan 23 PTI Seventh seed Indians Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto clinched the mixed doubles title at the Syed Modi International badminton tournament with a straight game win over compatriots T Hema Nagendra Babu and Srivedya Gurazada here on Sunday Bhatnagar and Crasto hardly broke a sweat as they inflicted a 21-16 21-12 on the unseeded Indian duo in the summit clash that lasted just 29 minutes Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu is now up against compatriot Malvika Bansod the in the womens singles final of the BWF World our Super 300 event Earlier the mens singles summit clash between Arnaud Merkle and Lucas Claerbout was declared a No Match after one of the finalists tested positive for COVID-19 PTI SSC SSC APA APA

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 23 (ANI): India shuttler PV Sindhu on Sunday won the women's singles title at the Syed Modi International tournament.

Lucknow Jan 23 PTI The mens singles final of the Syed Modi India International badminton tournament here on Sunday was declared as a No Match after one of the finalists tested positive for COVID-19 The all-French clash was scheduled between Arnaud Merkle and Lucas Claerbout The mens singles final of the Syed Modi India International 2022 has been declared a No Match BWF can confirm one of the finalists tested positive for COVID-19 this morning the Badminton World Federation said in a statement The other finalist is deemed a close contact and has also been withdrawn Details on winner status world ranking points and prize money will be revealed in due course Todays other four finals will go ahead as scheduled the BWF added Top seed P V Sindhu will play in the womens singles final against fellow Indian Malvika Bansod later in the day PTI BS PM PM PM

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 23 (ANI): The men's singles final of the Syed Modi India International 2022 has been declared a 'No Match', Badminton World Federation (BWF) confirmed on Sunday.

Lucknow Jan 21 PTI Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu rallied from a game down to eke out a hard-fought win over Thailands Supanida Katething to enter the semifinals of the Syed Modi International Super 300 tournament here on Friday The top-seeded Indian beat her Thai rival seeded sixth in the tournament 11-21 21-12 21-17 in a quarterfinal match that lasted one hour and five minutes Sindhu will face fifth-seeded Russian Evgeniya Kosetskaya in the semifinals In the mens singles however HS Prannoy crashed out of the tournament with a straight-game defeat to Arnaud Merkle of France in the quarterfinals The fifth-seeded Indian a former top 10 player lost 19-21 16-21 to his French opponent in a 59-minute quarterfinal match Mithun Manjunath however advanced to the semifinals after beating Sergey Sirant of Russia 11-21 21-12 21-18 in a quarterfinal match that lasted one hour and one minute Manjunath will face Merkle in the semifinals In the mixed doubles event the Indian pair of MR Arjun and Treesa Jolly beat the eight seeded French duo of William Villeger and Anne Tran 24-22 21-17 in the quarterfinal match that lasted 42 minutes Arjun and Jolly will face compatriots and seventh seeded pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto in the semifinals In the womens doubles quarterfinals Indias Ramya Venkatesh Chickmenahalli and Apeksha Nayak conceded a walkover to eight seeded Malaysian pair of Anna Ching Yik Cheong and Teoh Mei Xing PTI PDS APA PDS BS BS