Double for Pranav

Unseeded Pranav, who is a trainee at the Gopi Chand Academy here, shocked fourth seeded Justin Shou Wei Hoh of Malaysia 21-13, 21-16 in the singles final.

Published : Apr 08, 2018 20:53 IST

Pranav Rao, coach Anil Kumar, and P. Sai Vishnu who won titles in the Junior Grand Prix badminton championship in Indonesia.

Pranav Rao of India bagged a 'double' winning the boys under-15 singles and doubles titles in the Junior Grand Prix badminton championship in Indonesia on Sunday.

Unseeded Pranav, who is a trainee at the Gopi Chand Academy here, shocked fourth seeded Justin Shou Wei Hoh of Malaysia 21-13, 21-16 in the singles final.

Later, Pranav combined well with P. Sai Vishnu, his training partner and son of chief national coach P. Gopi Chand, to down Justin Shou and Razif Fazriq 24-22, 23-25, 25-16 in the doubles final.

For both the young shuttlers, this is the first international title.