Radhakrishnan sisters upstage higher seeds to land doubles title in Uganda

Well-deserved: Kasturi (left) and Venosha posing with their medals.

PETALING JAYA: Radhakrishnan sisters Kasturi and Venosha made their present felt in the Uganda Championships by winning the women’s doubles title.

The duo knocked out second seeds Martina Corsini-Judith Mair of Italy 21-18, 21-19 in the women’s doubles final of the International Challenge tournament in Kampala on Sunday.

The third seeds had earlier upstaged top seeds Katharina Fink-Yasmine Hamza of Italy 21-15, 21-17 in the semi-finals.

Venosha could have made it a double but fell short in the mixed doubles with Senthil Vel Govindarasu of India when the duo went down 21-19, 18-21, 20-22 to Algeria’s Koceila Mammeri-Tanina Violette Mammeri in the final.

There was double joy for Malaysia when Boon Xin Yuan-Wong Tien Ci defeated Jones Ralfy Jansen-Jan Colin Volker of Germany 21-15, 21-14 for the men’s doubles title. Men’s singles: Arnaud Merkle (Fra) bt Harshit Aggarwal (Ind) 21-15 18-21 21-16. Men’s doubles: Boon Xin Yuan-Wong Tien Ci (Mas) bt Jones Ralfy Jansen-Jan Colin Völker (Ger) 21-15 21-14. Women’s singles: Talia Ng (Can) bt Mansi Singh (Ind) 21-10 21-12. Women’s doubles: Kasturi Radhakrishnan-Venosha Radhakrishnan (Mas) bt Martina Corsini-Judith Mair (Ita) 21-18 21-19. Mixed doubles: Koceila Mammeri-Tanina Violette Mammeri (Agr) bt Senthil Vel Govindarasu-Venosha Radhakrishnan (ind-Mas) 19-21 21-18 22-20. FINAL RESULTS