Sports News | Sreeja Wins Double Gold in WTT Contender
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Paris Olympics-bound Sreeja Akula on Sunday became the first Indian paddler to win a WTT Contender Singles title when she defeated Ding Yijie of China 4-1 in the final here.
Lagos (Nigeria), Jun 23 (PTI) Paris Olympics-bound Sreeja Akula on Sunday became the first Indian paddler to win a WTT Contender Singles title when she defeated Ding Yijie of China 4-1 in the final here.
Sreeja also returned with a second gold as she along with Archana Kamath got the better of compatriots Diya Chitale and Yashaswini Ghorpade 3-0 (11-9 11-6 12-10) in the women's doubles as India ended their campaign with three gold and one silver.
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India also bagged the men's doubles gold medal when the duo of Harmeet Desai and Manav Thakkar blanked Azeez Solanke and Olajide Omotayo 3-0 (11-811-9, 11-8).
In the women's singles final, Akula had a jittery start losing the first game against her Chinese rival 10-12 but she came back strongly to win the next four games 11-9 11-6 11-8 11-6 to seal the gold.
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