Kartikey, Vaishnavi Jakka clinch titles at Turkey Junior 2017

By: Swetha
Date: 16 Dec, 2017
Image Courtesy: GoBadminton File

Emerging top-seeded shuttlers Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka and Kartikey Gulshan Kumar clinched the Turkey Junior 2017 badminton tournament in their respective U-19 categories. It was easy business for the players as they didn’t face any hurdle throughout the journey at the tournament.


Vaishnavi outplayed the tenth seeded Nalican Inci of Turkey with 21-15, 21-13 in 26 minutes in the women’s singles, while Kartikey defeated Arnaud Merkle of France with 21-13, 12-21, 21-17 in 50 minutes in men’s singles.


Earlier, Vaishnavi defeated the second seeded Anastasiya Prozorova of Ukraine in the straight games of 23-21, 21-17 in just 28 minutes and Kartikey, outlasted the fourth seeded local shuttler Yazgan Calisir with 21-17, 21-16 in 39 minutes.


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