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Meiraba finishes runner up at All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 13 2023:
Manipur's top-class shuttler Maisnam Meiraba Luwang went down in the final to finish runner up at Yonex-Sunrise Dr Akhilesh Das Gupta Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament 2023 organised by Uttar Pradesh Badminton Association at Bareilly under the aegis of Badminton Association of India.
As many as 749 players from across the country took part in the men's singles event of the tournament which was held from October 6 to 12 .
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Meiraba kicked off the campaign with a convincing 21-14, 21-8 win over qualifier Rishaank of Uttar Pradesh before easing to a 21-10, 21-18 win over 2nd seeded Tharun M of Telangana in the second round to seal a pre-quarter final berth.
In the pre-quarter final, Meiraba overwhelmed Lahshya Sharma of Punjab 21-09, 21-13 to enter the quarter final where he met 12th seed Rohan Gurbani of Maharashtra.
Meiraba faltered in the first set but staged a huge comeback to seal the game 15-21, 21-10, 21-12 .
In the semi-final Meiraba outlasted Siddhanth Gupta of Tamil Nadu 21-14, 22-20 to book the final ticket.
Sadly, Meiraba went down 17-21, 21-17, 14-21 to Kartikey Gulsan Kumar in the final to settle for the second spot.
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