India's rising star Sankar Saraswat upset the experienced Mithun Manjunath to clinch the men's singles title in the Guwahati Masters Super 100 tournament at the National Centre of Excellence here on Sunday.
Rising star Tanvi Sharma, meanwhile, stunned third seed Hina Akechi to advance to the women's singles final, as per a press release from the Badminton Association of India (BAI).
India put up a fighting display against badminton powerhouse Malaysia but ended up on the wrong side of the 2-3 scoreline as their Badminton Asia Junior Mixed team championships challenge ended at the quarterfinal stage of the tournament.
Earlier, men's singles shuttler Gnana Dattu and men's doubles pair Bjorn Jaison and Aathish Sreenivas P. V. had secured bronze medals in the U-15 category.