Vietnamese Wins 7th Lagos Badminton Classics’ Men’s Singles Title
Vietnam player, Le Duc Phat, at the weekend, defeated Indian Samarveer 2-1(21-10, 18-21 and 22-20) to claim the men’s singles title of the 7th Lagos International Badminton Classics to puncture Indians’ dominance of 2024 edition.
Le Duc Phat victory was widely celebrated by all who graced the grand finale at the Molade Okoya Thomas Memorial Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos at the weekend as it stopped India’s total sweep of all five gold medals at stake.
Indian players had won four of the gold medals at stake before the men’s singles final that climaxed the grand finale. Gupta Aditya (India) and Vietnami’s Nguyen Hai Dang emerged as joint-place winners.
In the women’s singles, Indian Lele Shreya beat her fellow Indian teammate, Selvam Kavipriya in two straight sets, 21-11, 21-16 to take the gold while Adesokan Dorcas Joke of Nigeria and Khan Mysha Omer from the United Arab Emirates were joint 3rd place winners.
Indians’ dominance of the 2024 Lagos International badminton Classics came to the fore when Krishnamurthy Roy paired with Pruthvi Panjala Vishnuvardhan Goud to defeat the duo of Ravikrishna P. S/Shetty Akshan 21-14, 21-19 in an all Indian men’s double final while the pair of Nigeria’s Bulus Jimkan Ifraimu and Philip Daniel shared the joint 3rd position with Indian duo of Amsakarunan Hariharan and Retinasabapathi Urban Kumar.
Like the men’s doubles where the Indians showed class, the story was the same in the women’s doubles and the mixed doubles categories which were all Indian affairs too.
Playing in the women’s doubles, Selvam Kavipriya and Singhi Simram outclassed Khadkeda Vaishnavi and Khan Aisha 2-0 (21-11, 21-16) to emerge victorious while the duo of Nigeria’s Adesokan Dorcas Ajoke and Ilori Aminat Olufunke claimed the joint 3rd position alongside the pair of Ibere Chinenye and Ukeh Uchechukwu Deborah.
The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh was represented by Mrs Nkana Mbora, Officer in charge of the Lagos Liaison office of the Federal Ministry of Sports Development
President of the Badminton Federation, Barr. Francis Orbih, commended the Lagos State government, the host city and the Badminton Federation of Nigeria Partners for their support in making the 7th Lagos International Badminton Classics a reality.
