Sameer Verma wins his 2nd straight Syed Modi International title
World number 16 Sameer Verma defeated world number 36 Lu Guangzu of China in the men's singles final on Sunday to win his second straight Syed Modi International Badminton Championship title. The 24-year-old Indian shuttler won the match with a scoreline of 16-21, 21-19, 21-14. Sameer is the second Indian male shuttler after Kashyap Parupalli to win the tournament twice.