Express News Service
CHENNAI: The year 2021 has been a good one for 17-year-old S Sankar Muthusamy. The budding shuttler bagged a medal at the Uganda International Badminton Tournament, and recently won his maiden international title in the junior White Nights Badminton Series at Gatchina in Russia. In the all-Indian Under- 19 boys singles final, Sankar beat Saneeth Dayanand from Shivamoga 21-10, 21-13.
The final lasted for 35 minutes in which Sankar halted the giant-killing run of the 18-year-old Karnataka shuttler. Sankar gave a sterling performance to clinch this title. “I am pleased to get a gold medal in the international circuit in my very first tournament after this lockdown. Playing a tournament after four months was pleasing.