Telangana India International Challenge: Tushar Suveer and Rakshitha win the singles, a Japanese pair takes the women's doubles
The Hyderabad tournament ended on 8 November 2026 with India winning three of the five titles; a Russian pair took mixed doubles and a Japanese pair women's doubles.
What happened
The Telangana India International Challenge, played in Hyderabad, finished on Sunday 8 November 2026. According to the state broadcaster's report on News On AIR, Tushar Suveer, sixth seed, won the men's singles over Bharat Raghav 15-21, 21-18, 21-19. Top seed Rakshitha Ramraj won the women's singles over Rujula Ramu, 16-21, 21-15, 21-14. The headline of the Olympics.com report confirms the two singles winners but names the woman Rakshitha Sree; we only saw that headline, not the article text, and the Telangana Today semi-final report also writes S.R. Rakshitha Sree. We therefore treat both spellings as the same player, as the sources suggest, without being able to prove it.
The other three finals
News On AIR gives the rest of the winners list: Krishna Prasad Garaga and Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy, top seeds, won the men's doubles 21-12, 21-18 over Sai Pratheek K and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi. In mixed doubles, Rodion Alimov and Alina Davletova (listed as Russia) beat India's Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Ashwini Ponnappa 19-21, 21-11, 21-13. In women's doubles, Japan's Mei Sudo and Mai Tanabe beat Thailand's Phattharin Aiamvareesrisakul and Sarisa Janpeng 21-11, 21-11. These finals are reported by that one article only.
Road to the finals
Telangana Today's semi-final report of 7 November shows the Thai pair beating Aditi Bhat and Shravani Walekar 21-19, 21-18, and the Japanese pair beating K Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam 19-21, 21-10, 21-19.
Why it matters
India won three of the five titles at home in this international challenge, a lower-level event of the BWF circuit where players collect ranking points. This is a record of results, not a forecast.