India’s Suraj Goala-Dhruv Rawat win Cameroon International 2025 badminton men’s doubles title

The Indian badminton players had a smooth passage through the earlier rounds.

They opened with a 21-12, 21-6 win over Cameroon’s Michel Henri Assembe and Félix Michel Kemene Atangana, before brushing aside the UAE’s Dev Ayyappan and Dhiren Ayyappan 21-15, 21-10 in the quarter-finals.

In the semis, they beat fellow Indians Hari Bharathi Baskaran P and Bharathsanjai S 21-14, 21-15.

The Cameroon International is a BWF International Series event – grade 3, level 2 – part of the Continental Circuit of badminton tournaments.

Among other Indian results at the Cameroon International, Anmol Kharb finished runner-up in women’s singles after losing 21-11, 21-19 to Indonesia’s Thalita Ramadhani Wiryawan in the final.

Aakarshi Kashyap was ousted in the semis by Wiryawan while Tanvi Sharma’s run ended in the quarters.

In men’s singles, India’s Alap Mishra and Laskhay Sharma both made the top four but neither managed to progress to the final.

Dhruv Rawat, with Maneesha K, bowed out in the mixed doubles semis and so did Sathwik Reddy Kanapuram and Radhika Sharma.

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