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Krishna Nagar wins two golds

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Asian Para Games bronze medallist Krishna Nagar of India won two gold medals at the second Fazza-Dubai para badminton international championships here on Sunday.

A day after upsetting World No. 1 Jack Shepherd in the men’s singles SS6 semifinals, Nagar pulled off the second upset in as many days when he defeated England’s World No. 2 Krysten Coombs 20-22, 25-23, 21-12 in the most exciting final of the day, that went over an hour.

“This is the biggest win of my career,” an elated Nagar said before he went on to make it two-for-two, winning the mixed doubles title along with Raja Magotra.

Team India had a good run, at the event finishing with nine medals including four golds on Sunday.

Among others, World No. 1 Pramod Bhagat and Parul Parmer took the gold in SL3 men’s and women’s singles. However, Asian Para Games winner Tarun went down to French World No. 1 Lucas Mazur in straight games 13-21, 17-21 in men’s singles SL4 final.

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