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Former national champion, Sourabh Verma, won a return win over Japanese Koki Watanabe in the top shock to win his first title of the season at the $ 75,000 Russian Super 100 tournament in Vladivostock. . [19659002] The 25-year-old Indian, who is on a return track after recovering from his injuries, beat the world No. 119 Watanabe 19-21, 21-12, 21-17 in the finals which lasted exactly one hour at the Olympic Sport Hall.
Rohan Kapoor and Kuhoo Garg, the second-seeded Indian, suffered a 19-21 17-21 loss to Russia's Vladimir Ivanov and Korea's Min Kyung Kim in the final to qualify for second place.
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Sourabh was allowed to make the catch in the opening match while Watanabe distanced himself slowly and steadily after opening a thin initial lead of 2-0. The Japanese entered the first interval with a healthy advantage of 11 to 5.
The Indian led a fight to narrow the gap to 11-12 but Watanabe again jumped to a lead of 18-13. Sourabh has collected five consecutive points to reach parity, but the Japanese have managed to go ahead and pocket the opening match.
In the second game, Sourabh reduced his mistakes and took a 7-3 lead. the break. After sniffing, he continued to move forward and ended up competing comfortably.
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In the decisive match, Watanabe quickly took a 9-3 lead and maintained an 11-7 advantage in the interval . However, a gritty Sourabh slowly cleared the deficit and recovered the deficit to 15-15.
The Japanese tried to escape but Sourabh was assured that there was no hiccups while he deviated four points in a row to 17-17 to close the door. rival.
Sourabh won the All India Senior Ranking Tournament in Bangalore to make the Asian Games Team Cup. He won the Grand Pri Gold Gold of Chinese Taipei and finished second at the Bitburger Open in 2016.
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