01 March 2022 | Badminton

French player Arnaud Merkle took the Uganda International Badminton Open 2022 men's singles honours on Sunday. Merkle defeated former European junior champion and India's Harshit Aggarwal 21-15, 18-21, 21-16 in the final. "I am so glad that I have come to Uganda for the first time and lifted the trophy. It has been really hard work before this tournament," Merkle told Xinhua. The 21-year-old Merkle first upstaged Danylo Bosniuk 18-21, 21-14, 22-20 at the semifinal stage, while Aggarwal ejected Luka Wraber. In the women's singles, Swiss player Talia Ng downed Mansi Singh (India) 21-10, 21-12. In the men's doubles final, Malaysia's Boon Xin Yuan and Wong Tien Ci beat the German pair Jones Ralfy Jansen and Jan Colin Volker. Another Malaysian pair Kasturi Radhakrishnan and Venosha Radhakrisnan claimed the women's doubles. Algeria's Koceila Mammeri and Tanina Violette Mammeri overcame Senthil Vel Govindarasu and Venosha Radhakrishnan 19-21, 21-18, 22-20 in the mixed doubles final.

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