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Senior National Badminton Championships: Surya Charishma Tamiri rode on strong local support to register a come-from-behind win over Tanvi Patri while Ritvik Sanjeevi S. defeated Bharat Raghav to clinch the women’s and men’s singles titles respectively in the Senior National Badminton Championships in Vijayawada on Sunday.

The 19-year-old Vijayawada-born Surya Charishma got the better of Tanvi 17-21, 21-12, 21-14 in the women’s singles final, while Rithvik defeated Bharat 21-16, 22-20 in the men’s singles summit clash.

The much-anticipated women’s singles final between the local favourite and a player attempting to become the youngest senior national champion lived up to its billing as both players had their chances in the 58-minute encounter.