Badminton: Saurabh Verma won the men's singles title at the Russian Open, becoming the first Indian to do so

On winning the final, Saurabh received a reward of 51.5 lakh rupees.

• The coach of Hyderabad's Saurabh is Pullela Gopichand
• Saurabh ranked 65th in world ranking

Saurabh Verma won the men's singles event final in the Russia Open badminton tournament on Sunday. They are the first Indian male shuttle to do so. This is their first title in this season. Earlier in the year, women named Rituika Shivani in her title. In the title match at the Sports Hall Olympics, he defeated Koki Vattenby of Japan 19-21, 21-12, 21-17. Following this victory, dainikbhaskar.com talked about this achievement of son from Saurabh's father Sudhir Verma.

The father said - Even after injury, the practice did not leave: Saurabh's father Sudhir Verma is happy with his son's achievement. He said that his dream is that the son won the Olympic medal for the country. He told about preparations for Saurabh that he has been very diligent since childhood. Looking at badminton trends, we helped her move towards the same level. In March, Saurabh was injured in ankle, which caused him a little disturbance. On this I had told him that son keeps all this going on. do not think so much. Even after injury, he practiced for hours.

Saurabh also included in the Asian Games team: Saurabh has won all India senior ranking tournaments. After winning this tournament, they were selected for Asian Games. He also made his name Chinese Taipei Pre Gold Tournament. Saurabh is also the runner-up of Bitburger Open in 2016.

Rohan-Qhu pair lost: Indian duo Rohan Kapoor and Kuhuh Garg lost in the finals of Mixed Doubles. They defeated the Russian pair of Vladimir Ivanov and Korea's Min Yung Kim 21-19, 21-17.