Indian paddler <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/akula-wins-wtt-feeder-corpus-christi-title-23330809" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sreeja Akula</a> clinched the women&rsquo;s singles title while Manav Thakar and Manush Shah reigned supreme in the men&rsquo;s doubles event at the WTT Feeder Beirut II in Beirut, Lebonan.
The World No. 47 Indian came from behind to pull off a 6-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-9 win over the lower-ranked Sarah D Nutte of Luxembourg at the Al Kawthar Secondary School on Sunday.
The 25-year-old, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/lifter-sheuli-caught-entering-womens-hostel-gets-expelled-23340247" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Commonwealth Games</a> mixed doubled gold medallist, had defeated top seed world no 36 Suh Hyo Won of South Korea earlier.
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It is Sreeja&rsquo;s second WTT singles career title. She had won the Feeder Corpus Christi in January.
However, Sreeja couldn&rsquo;t make it twin victories as she lost in the women&rsquo;s doubles final. Partnering Diya Chitale, the Indian duo went down 4-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-6 to Doo Hoi Kem and Zhu Chengzhu of Hong Kong. In the men&rsquo;s doubles summit clash, which was an all Indian affair, Manav and Manush defeated compatriots Mudit Dani and Akash Pal 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6.
Poymantee Baisya and Akash Pal upset the experienced duo of Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Manika Batra 11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 11-0 to win their maiden mixed doubles crown.
Sathiyan, saw his 10-match winning streak snap as he lost men&rsquo;s singles semi-final to World No. 43 Kazakhstan&rsquo;s Kirill Gerassimenko.
The Kazakh beat the 103-ranked Sathiyan 3-0 (11-9, 13-11, 11-9).&nbsp;
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The 25-year-old, Commonwealth Games mixed doubled gold medallist, had defeated top seed world no 36 Suh Hyo Won of South Korea earlier

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