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| Srikanth, Ashmita finish at top in BAI's selection trials for Asian Games | | |
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NEW DELHI, May 8: Kidambi Srikanth and Ashmita Chaliha emerged winners in the men's and women's singles respectively at Badminton Association of India's (BAI) selection trials for the Asian Games here on Sunday.
Srikanth, the 2021 World Championship silver medallist, and Chaliha stamped their authorities as they remained unbeaten in their six matches during the four-day long trials.
Srikanth, who had topped group A with three wins, beat Siddhanth Gupta 21-13 21-16 before notching up a 21-15 21-14 win over Lakshya Sen in stage 2 of the trials on Sunday.
The former world number one had defeated national champion Mithun Manjunath 22-24 21-13 21-14 on Saturday. While Srikanth topped stage 2, Lakshya was second in 1-4 ranking with his loss against the former being the only blot in an otherwise clean slate.
The Commonwealth Games champion had registered four wins to top group B. On Sunday, Lakshya saw off Manjunath 21-17 21-8 before losing to Srikanth. He had beaten Gupta 21-17 21-11 in his first match of stage 2 on Saturday.
With two losses and one win, Manjunath finished third in 1-4 ranking in stage 2.
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