Odisha Masters 2024 badminton: Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar wins men’s singles title; Tanvi Sharma goes down in final

India’s Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar beat compatriot Tharun Mannepalli in the final to win the Odisha Masters 2024 badminton men’s singles title in Cuttack on Sunday.

World No. 78 Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar, 21, downed Tharun Mannepalli, 68th in the badminton rankings, 21-18, 21-16 in 43 minutes to claim his BWF Tour Super 100 crown.

Earlier, Tharun Mannepalli beat defending men’s singles champion Sathish Karunakaran, seeded sixth, in the semi-finals. Sathish Karunakaran claimed the Guwahati Masters title last week. Third seed Kiran George, meanwhile, did not get past the second round.

In a span of two weeks, India faced yet another heartbreak in women’s singles as Cai Yan Yan of the People’s Republic of China defeated 15-year-old Tanvi Sharma in the final. The Chinese shuttler secured a 21-14, 21-16 victory in just 35 minutes to clinch the title.

This is the second straight tournament where Cai Yan Yan defeated an Indian badminton player in the final to claim the title. Last week the Chinese shuttler beat Anmol Kharb to claim the Guwahati Masters.

China also managed to seal the men’s and mixed doubles crowns in Odisha.

Anmol Kharb, meanwhile, was ousted in the quarter-finals by Tanvi Sharma in straight games. Anupama Upadhyaya, the top Indian seed at No. 2, was also knocked by Tanvi in the opening round.

The Panda sisters, Swetaparna and Rutaparna, were the top-seeded pair in women’s doubles but their campaign ended in the second round. The top seeds in men’s doubles, Sathish Karunakaran and Aadya Variyath’s run ended in the quarter-finals.

Odisha Masters 2024 badminton winners

• Men’s singles: Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar (IND)
• Men’s doubles: Huang Di / Liu Yang (CHN)
• Women’s singles: Cai Yan Yan (CHN)
• Women’s doubles: Nanoka Hara / Riko Kiyose (JPN)
• Mixed doubles: Gao Jia Xuan / Tang Rui Zhi (CHN)