Junior national champions arsh mohammad

Junior National Champions Arsh Mohammad: Karnataka’s M Raghu saved three match points in the decider to beat former champion Mithun Manjunath to clinch the men’s singles title while Haryana’s Devika Sihag ended the giant-killing run of Shriyanshi Valishetty to win the women’s singles crown in the 86th Senior Nationals badminton championships here on Tuesday.

Raghu, who upset top seed Sathish Kumar in the semi-finals, defeated Mithun 14-21, 21-14, 24-22 in just under an hour to win his maiden national title while Devika got the better of Shriyanshi 21-15, 21-16.

Junior National Champions Arsh Mohammad and Sanskar Saraswat added the senior nationals title to their trophy cabinet as they upset top seeds Naveen P and Lokesh V 12-21, 21-12, 19-21 in the men’s doubles final.