Meiraba wins men's singles title at 30th Iran Fajr Intl Challenge
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 11 2022:
Manipur's Meiraba Luwang has won India men's singles title of the 30th Iran Fajr International Challenge 2022 held under the aegis of Badminton World Federation and Badminton Asia Confederation.
Meiraba defeated Ukraine's Danylo Bosniuk who is seeded 7 by 2-1 sets (18-21, 21-13, 21-19) to seal the top honour of the international event conducted at Shahid Dastgheib Sport Complex Shiraz.
In the first round, Meiraba had sealed an easy 21-12, 21-10 win over Iran's Mohamad Pairavand and secured a 21-12, 21-15 win over Ivan Medynskiy of Ukraine in the second round to earn the pre-quarter final round berth.
In the pre-quarter final round, Meiraba outlasted Maxime Moreels of Belgium 21-17, 21-10 and Russia's Georgii Levedev 21-18, 21-11 in the quarter final.
He then saw off Kartikey Gulshan Kumar21-17, 21-14 in an all Indian semi-final match to storm into the final.