Top Indian junior and sixth seed Lakshya Sen was beaten in three games by Thailand's unseeded Sitthikom Thammasin who, thus, lifted the men's singles title in the $20,000 Tata Open India International Badminton Challenge here on Sunday.
Thammasin, who had knocked out former national champion and top seed Sourabh Verma in the opening round, went on to scalp Sen 15-21 21-14 21-19 in a well-contested men's singles final that lasted 80 minutes at the Cricket Club of India.
Earlier, in a largely one-sided all-India women's final eighth seed Ruthvika Shivani Gudde outsmarted unseeded compatriot Riya Mukherjee 21-12 23-21 in 40 minutes.
The men's final produced some fighting display from both the shuttlers with Sen, a losing quarter finalist in the last world junior championships, dominating the opening game before faltering in the last two after frittering away chances.
Almora-born Sen, a protegee of Prakash Padukone academy in Bengaluru, came out second-best to the Thai opponent in the last two games in smash power and net duels.
The world no. 3 junior, who won the India International Series 2017 in Hyderabad last week, took control of the opening game from 13-12 with a string of smash winners and drops even as the Thai found his smashes bulging the net.
But in the second game Sen let go of a 12-10 lead by allowing the Thai to reel in eight points on the trot which put Thammasin 18-12 in front. Although the Indian stopped the spree, the leeway was enough for the Thai to pocket the game and force the decider.
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