Orleans Masters: Krishna Prasad Garaga, Vishnu Vardhan Goud crumble after positive start to lose men's doubles final
The unheralded Indians, the only ones left in contention from the country on the final day, lost 21-19, 14-21, 19-21 in a 56-minute battle with the fourth seeds.
File image of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnu Vardhan Goud. Image credit: Twitter/@BAI_Media
Paris: The Indian pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnu Vardhan Goud let slip a strong start to go down to England's Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in the men's doubles finals of the Orleans Masters badminton tournament in Paris on Sunday.
The unheralded Indians, the only ones left in contention from the country on the final day, lost 21-19, 14-21, 19-21 in a 56-minute battle with the fourth seeds.
Krishna and Vishnu had paired for the first time in this event and would be pleased with the results they managed.
Krishna, 21, is India's No 1 ranked doubles player and used to pair up with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy in his junior days.
After Satwik and Chirag Shetty were paired together, Krishna started playing with Dhruv Kapila since November, 2016.
The duo continued for two and a half years before separating in 2019.
MD pair @Gkrishna_p & @VardhanPanjala playing their 1️⃣st tournament gave a tough fight to World ranked no. 8 pair B. Lane & S. Lendy in the final of #OrleansMasters but they were put behind in the end by 21-19, 14-21, 19-21 #OrleansMasters2021 pic.twitter.com/jROo7IxNQQ
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) March 28, 2021
The 20-year-old Vishnu also played with a few other Indian doubles players in his junior days.
He and Ishaan Bhatnagar had reached the finals at the 2019 Bulgarian Junior international.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were the first Indian pair to win a Super 100 event at Hyderabad in 2018.
The duo also went on to win Thailand Open 500 and reaching the finals of French Open 750 event.
Krishna had earlier paired with Shlok Ramchandran, while for the 20-year-old Vishnu, it's his first international tournament at the senior level.
On Saturday, Saina Nehwal bowed out in straight games in the women's singles semi-finals to end India's singles challenge at the tournament.
Saina lost 17-21, 17-21 to Denmark's Line Christophersen in her semi-final clash.
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