Cuttack (Odisha) [India], January 30 (ANI): India's Kiran George on Sunday won the men's singles title in the Odisha Open Super 100 badminton tournament in Cuttack.

Cuttack Jan 30 PTI Teenager Unnati Hooda became the youngest Indian to win a Super 100 tournament as she beat compatriot Smit Toshniwal in straight games to claim the womens singles title while unseeded Kiran George emerged triumphant in mens singles final of the USD 75000 Odisha Open badminton tournament here on Sunday The 21-year-old George prevailed over Priyanshu Rajawat 21-15 14-21 21-18 to clinch the mens singles title after battling hard for 58 minutes Before that the 14-year-old Unnati produced an excellent performance to emerge triumphant in her event Unnati won 21-18 21-11 to be crowned the Odisha Open champion for the first time In the mixed doubles final Indias MR Arjun and Treesa Jolly suffered a 16-21 20-22 defeat at the hands of Sri Lankan duo Sachin Dias and Thilini Hendadahewa in a match that lasted 36 minutes Unnati who entered the final after she surprised Indian Open finalist Malvika Bansod 24-22 24-22 in the last-four clash on Saturday took 35 minutes to get the better of Toshniwal in the summit showdown of the womens singles at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Indoor Statdium Toshniwal too pulled off an upset knocking out Ashmita Chaliha seeded five 21-19 10-21 21-17 to set up the title clash with the 14-year-old Unnati Unnati claimed the the first game after making a comeback and riding on the momentum she won the second game without much difficulty as Toshniwal had no answer to her opponents aggressive approach George won the opening game quite comfortably and was leading 5-3 in the initial phase of the second game but Rajawat fought back brilliantly to take the match into the decider The battle was intense in the third and final game with Rajawat trying his best to not allow George have his way However the 19-year-old Rajawat fell short in the end as George kept his composure to win it and have the last laugh George had defeated Ansal Yadav 19-21 21-12 21-14 while 19-year-old Rajawat scored a 21-17 21-14 win over Kausal D in the mens singles semifinals On his way to the final George also stunned third seed and the higher ranked Subhankar Dey in the quarterfinals PTI AH KHS KHS KHS

Cuttack Jan 28 PTI Kiran George upset third seed Subhankar Dey to advance to the mens singles semifinals while in-form shuttler Malvika Bansod also cruised to the last four round in the womens event at the Odisha Open badminton tournament here on Friday The unseeded Kiran eked out a hard-fought 21-16 10-21 21-19 win over the higher ranked Subhankar who was the last remaining seed in the mens singles event The 21-year-old Indian will meet compatriot Ansal Yadav who beat qualifier Tharun Mannepalli 21-15 23-21 in the semifinals on Saturday The other mens singles semifinal match on Saturday will be played between Priyanshu Rajawat and Kaushal Dharmamer Rajawat beat unseeded Mithun Manjunath who had stunned seventh seed June Wei Cheam of Malaysia on Thursday 13-21 21-14 21-8 in 51 minutes in the quarterfinals Dharmamer defeated Abhyansh Singh 14-21 21-18 21-18 in another mens singles quarterfinal match Malvika who reached the final of the Syed Modi International where she lost to PV Sindhu before defeating Saina Nehwal at the India Open earlier this month continued to impress as she registered a 21-13 16-21 21-17 victory over fellow Indian Tanya Hemanth in a gruelling 58-minute quarterfinal contest Fifth seed Ashmita Chaliha got the better of Rhucha Sawant 21-17 21-15 to book her spot in the last four of the womens singles where she will meet compatriot Smit Toshniwal who came from behind to beat USAs Ishika Jaiswal 8-21 21-9 21-14 In another womens singles quarterfinal Unnati Hooda handed fellow Indian Samiya Imad Farooqui a 21-10 21-15 defeat in 26 minutes She will lock horns with Malvika who is ranked 87th in the semifinal In the mens doubles Vasantha Kumar and Ashith Surya will face Ravikrishna and Sankar Prasad Udaykumar in one of the semifinals The Sri Lankan duo of Sachin Dias and Buwaneka Goonethilleka will meet the Malaysian pair of Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub and Lim Khim Wah in the other semifinal In the womens doubles fifth seeded Indian duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand beat compatriots Vaishnavi Khadkekar 21-7 21-3 in just 18 minutes to reach the semifinals They will face another Indian duo of Arul Bala Radhakrishnan and Nila Valluvan in the semifinals The other semifinal will be played between eighth seeded pair of Sanyogita Ghorpade and Shruti Mishra and the Indian-American duo of Srivedya Gurazada and Ishika Jaiswal In the mixed doubles event three Indian pairings -- MR Arjun-Treesa Jolly Balkeshari Yadav-Swetaparna Panda and Mauryan Kathiravan-Kuham Balashri -- advanced to the semifinals PTI APA PDS PDS BS BS