Badminton: Maisnam Meiraba bags bronze medal in France
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 27 2022:
Maisnam Meiraba Luwang faltered in the men's singles semifinal of the Nantes International Challenge 2022 to settle for a bronze medal in his senior international outing.
The badminton ace from Manipur, Meiraba went down fighting to France's Christo Popov in their semifinal encounter at Reze, France.
The state lad lost 9-21, 21-15, 20-22 to his French opponent.
On his way to the semifinal, Meiraba defeated Tobias Kuenzi of Switzerland 21-13, 21-19 in the first round.
He then outdid Chinese Taipei's Chia Hao Lee 21-14, 21-16 in the pre-quarterfinal and went on to seal his quarterfinal berth with a 21-12, 21-17 win over Israel's Misha Zilberman en route to the semifinal where he faltered.
Meiraba earned Badmin ton World Federation (BWF) ranking points 2800 from the four-day tournament that concluded on
June 26, 2022 .