Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen defeated Malaysia's Leong Jun Hao in the men's singles final of Bangladesh International Challenger to claim his fifth title of the season. The 18-year-old defeated Hao with 22–20, 21–18 in straight games. He became the champion for the fifth time in the last 7 tournaments.
Grigory Rodchenkov disclosed Russia doping scandal and escaped from Russia After this victory, Lakshya tweeted and said, 'I am happy with my fifth title here with a year-end victory in Bangladesh. Hope to continue with good form next year too. The targets were very keen about this match."
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Among other Indians, in the women's doubles, Manisha K and Rituparna Panda were beaten by a 20-22 19-21 defeat to the Malaysian pair of top seed Tan Parle Kung Lee and Tinah Muralitharan as runners-up. In the men's doubles, MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila were also defeated. They faced a 19–21, 16–21 defeat to the fourth seeded Malaysian pair of Yi Jun Chang and Kei Wun Ti in the title match in the men's singles final of the Bangladesh international challenger.
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