Cairo, October 21: Putting up a brilliant effort, India’s badminton stars Kuhoo Garg and Dhruv Rawat won the mixed doubles title at the Egypt International 2019 in Cairo yesterday. Maharashtra pair Ritika Thaker and Simran Singhi also reigned supreme in the tournament. 

 

In an all-Indian final, the unseeded Garg and Rawat held their nerves for a tight 21-16, 22-20 victory over the third seeds Utkarsh Arora and Karishma Wadkar. Both showed excellent understanding as they had accounted for the second seeds Ahmed Salah and Hadia Hosny 21-16, 21-15 of Egypt in the second round and then followed it up with a comeback 16-21, 21-16, 21-9 win over fourth seeds Koceila Mammeri and Linda Mazri of Algeria in the semi-finals. Garg, however, failed to have double delight as she later went down in the women's doubles final with Sanyogita Ghorpade.

 

Meanwhile, at the Dubai International Challenge, Rituparna Das succumbed to a 21-23, 17-21 defeat in 36 minutes to Japan's World No. 208 Mako Urushizaki.