Indian shuttlers in Russia Open finals

Former national champion, Sourabh Verma, who just recovered from injuries has advanced into the Russia Open finals by defeating his Indian counterpart Mithun Manjunatha by 21-9, 21-15 on Saturday. The eighth seed, Verma will meet Japan’s Koki Watanabe in the finals.

Earlier, Verma had thrashed Israel’s third seed Misha Zilberman by 21-14, 21-16 and Mithun had subjugated Malaysia’s Satheishtharan Ramachandran by 21-18 21-12 in the quarter-final match.

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While in the mixed doubles, the second-seeded Indian pair of Rohan Kapoor and Kuhoo Garg have entered the summit clash after beating Malaysian combination of Chen Tang Jie and Yen Wei Peck by 21-19, 11-21, 22-20. They will now face Vladimir Ivanov of Russia and Min Kyung Kim of Korea in the finals.