Manorama Indian Open Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament At Thrissur,Kerala.Madhya Pradesh’s Shubham Prajapati, the 16th seed, produced an inspired display as
he shocked former junior national champion Daniel Farid in a three-set thriller
and won his maiden National-ranking men’s badminton title at the Manorama Indian Open.
After winning the opening set comfortably, Daniel raced to a 13-7 lead in the next, winning six points in a row. But his game mysteriously fell to pieces after that, while at the other end, Shubham kept winning point after point.
Whatever Daniel did, went wrong, There were moments when the 19-year-old looked around, searching for answers but the roaring crowd only confused him.
His smashes and drops were wide or too long while Shubham, coached by SAI’s Atul Joshi, happily realised that whatever he did were turning out to be winners.
