Amidst the disappointing news from the All England Championships this week, Tarun Kona and Alwin Francis have brought a smile to Indian badminton fans. The men’s doubles pair reached the final of the 31st Brazil International Badminton Cup 2016 held at Sao Paulo on Saturday. The Indian duo, who is unseeded in this tournament, caused a big upset by toppling the second seeds Phillip Chew and Sattawat Pongnairat, 21-16, 21-9 in their semi-final match.
Ad
Trending
They will meet the top-seeded Polish pair of Adam Cwalina and Przemyslaw Wacha in the summit clash on Sunday.
Kona and Francis have been in impeccable form of late and have won titles at the Peru International and the Guatemala International. The two title wins have shot them up 39 places to their current ranking of 93rd.
×
Feedback
Why did you not like this content?
Was this article helpful?
Thank You for feedback
About the author
Sudeshna Banerjee
Sudeshna is a veteran Indian Sports and International Tennis journalist as well as editor at Sportskeeda. She has an overall experience of over 10 years with top publications like The Bridge, Fox Sports Asia, and gained a keen interest in Indian sports since the 2002 Commonwealth and Asian Games when she was in school.
Sudeshna holds a Master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. She attends tournaments regularly and being a highly experienced journalist, she ensures she only contacts the correct people from her network for the most authentic information to be put in her articles.
Sudeshna’s favorite Indian athlete is PV Sindhu owing to her big-tournament performances. She also admires Tennis legend Rafael Nadal for his resilience and has witnessed the Spaniard in action at the French Open, due to which, Roland Garros is her all-time favorite Grand Slam tournament.
Neeraj Chopra’s gold medal win at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics made a lasting impact on Sudeshna. She has also interviewed him along with Badminton star Chirag Shetty and several other sports personalities. She has done on-ground reporting on multiple ITF tournaments along with the Premier Badminton League, Asian Boxing Championships and the Davis Cup.
When not using her skills and years of experience in crafting compelling content, Sudeshna likes to read, watch movies and travel.
Trending
