Fazza 2019: India\'s Krishna Nagar claims two golds in badminton

Fazza 2019: India's Krishna Nagar claims two golds in badminton

Press Trust of India  |  Dubai 

bronze medallist from put up a superb show, securing two gold medals at the 2nd Fazza-Dubai Para International Championships here Sunday.

A day after upsetting World no. 1 Jack Shepherd in the men's singles SS6 semi-finals, 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.

"Yes, 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

"This is big for my motivation in this important year and going ahead in the road to 2020," said the left-handed player, who started playing the sport only in 2018 and won his first medal at the in July last year.

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

Among others, World no. 1 Pramod Bhagat and took the gold in SL3 men's and women's singles. However, winner Tarun went down to French world no. 1 Lucas Mazur in straight games 13-21, 17-21 in men's singles SL4 final.

powerhouse emerged as the best team, winning 19 medals including six gold medals in the second largest-ever field in the history of Para

As many as 270 players from 37 nations took part at the event.

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First Published: Mon, April 08 2019. 18:15 IST