On January 16, Beijing time, the BWF India Open is underway. In the just-concluded match, the Indian men's doubles duo Ofranki Reddy/ Hugh Ti scored two straight sets to win two consecutive sets 21:16, 26:24, and beat Indonesia's world champion Ashan/Setiawan 2:0 on aggregate to win the championship. Currently, Ranki Redishati is ranked 10th in the world and Indonesia's Asan/Setiawan is ranked 2nd in the world.
Hosts' men's doubles player Ranki Reddisheti successfully won the title, which was the second consecutive defeat between the two, and the second victory over Indonesian veteran Ashan/Setiawan after the 2019 French Open, and the first home open championship between the two.
Next, the Indian Open entered the final battle, with Singapore's and ST World Championships men's singles champion Luo Jianyou facing the host player, India's Rakshiya. Currently, World Championship men's singles champion Luo Jianyou is ranked 15th in the world, and Indian youngster Lakshya is ranked 17th in the world, after the two sides have met four times, and both sides have won twice each.
In the first set, Luo Jianyou fell behind 14:19 in the middle of the game, after which Luo Jianyou scored 6 consecutive points to lead the lead at 20:19. After that, Luo Jianyou and Lakshya fought fiercely to a 22:22 draw, and in the end, the host player Lakshya seized the opportunity under the momentum of the home field and scored two consecutive points to win the lead at 24:22 and lead 1:0.
Interestingly, Luo Jianyou and Lakshya are both sparring partners for Olympic champion Acelon. In this open tournament, Arcelor two sparring division finals, won the first and second places. In the second set, Luo Jianyou started with a 5-3 lead. After that, Lakshya rebounded again, leading 7:6. Luo Jianyou was tied, 7:7.
Lakshya led 11:8 to enter the technical timeout first, after the suspension, Luo Jianyou made more mistakes, and Lakshya led 16:12. In the end, India's Rakshiya locked up the victory 21:17, lost two straight sets, and defeated the men's singles champion Luo Jianyou at the Xinke World Championships 2:0 on aggregate, and successfully won the championship. I have to say that Lakshya has made rapid progress, and another talented teenager in the feather world has turned out.