Arjun MR and Ramchandran Shlok today became the only Indian pair to reach the finals of the 26th Iran Fajr Badminton International Challenge 2017 on Saturday. Before the last-four clash, Arjun and Shlok got the better of Farzin Khanjani and Soroush Eskandari Vatannejad of host nation Iran 11-7 11-8 12-10. The women's doubles duo of Sanjana Santosh and Arathi Sara Sunil beat Iran's Samin Abedkhojasteh and Yeganeh Kermani 11-5 11-7 11-6, but lost to Singaporean Ren-Ne Ong and Jia Ying Crystal Wong 12-14 11-7 11-7 11-6. The two had earlier beaten Amirhossein Noralyani and Amir Qasemi of Iran 11-7 11-8 11-4. Seventh seeds Arun George and Rohan Kapoor lost to Indonesia's fourth seeded Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Franky Wijaya 11-6 11-8 11-6 in men's doubles.

Source: dna February 12, 2017 07:59 UTC