Unnati wins Odisha Open; youngest Indian to win Super 100
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Cuttack: Unnati Hooda became the youngest Indian winner of a super 100 tournament on Sunday, beating India's Smit Toshniwal in straight games and winning the women single's of USD 75,000 Odisha Open badminton, PTI reported. Unnati's score stood at 21-18, 21-11.
Unnati, from Haryana's Rohtak, won the first after losing momentum at the start, but she went aggressive against Toshniwal in the second game, which the latter couldn't handle well. Unnati entered the final after defeating Indian Open finalist Malvika Bansod for 24-22, 24-22 on Saturday.
Meanwhile, 21-year-old Geroge clinched the men's singles title after a 58 minute long battle against Priyanshu Rajawat, scoring 21-15 14-21 21-18. George had a comfortable win in the opening game and a fair start in the second with a lead of 5-3. But Rajawat made an excellent comeback, sealed the match and pushed the game to the decider. In the final match, Rajawat kept a fair hold on George, not letting the latter seal the game easily. But Rajawat lost footing in the end while George kept his game.
George had defeated third seed and higher ranked Subhankar Dey in the quarter-finals.
Women's doubles were won by Treesa jolly and Gayatri Gopichand defeating Sanyogita Ghorpade and Shruti Mishra 21-12 21-10 after a 28-minute battle.
However, India's MR Arjun and Jolly lost 16-21 20-22 to Sri Lanka's Sachin das and Thilinin Hendadahewa in mixed doubles final. The match lasted 36 minutes.