Jakarta [Indonesia], September 10 (ANI): Indian shuttler Kiran George claimed the lads’s singles crown on the Indonesia Masters 2023 on Sunday.
Playing on the GOR PBSI Pancing court docket, George defeated world No 82 Koo Takahashi of Japan 21-19, 22-20 in a hard-fought conflict that lasted for 56 minutes to assert his second BWF World Tour Super 100 badminton title.
George received the Odisha Open final yr, beating compatriot Priyanshu Rawat within the last.
In the Indonesia Masters last, George and Takahashi matched one another’s assertiveness within the first recreation. However, after the scores have been tied at 15-all, George prevailed in six of the subsequent 10 factors to take a 1-0 lead.
The second recreation started equally. After the scores have been tied at 6 all, the 23-year-old Indian shuttler stepped up his recreation to seize a five-point lead at 16-11.
Takahashi made a robust comeback within the closing levels of the sport to drive a tie-breaker. George clinched back-to-back factors after scores have been stage at 20-all to win his first BWF World Tour Super 100 title of the 2023 badminton season.
In the semifinal on Saturday, George defeated 2014 World Championships bronze medallist Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia in three video games.
George was the one Indian who reached the ultimate on the Indonesia Masters 2023. The Indian girls’s doubles pair of Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa suffered defeat within the semifinal as they misplaced to Indonesia’s Lanny Tria Mayasari and Ribka Sugiarto 20-22, 21-16, 21-13. (ANI)