Lucknow, Nov. 30 -- Women's doubles combination of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly retained their Syed Modi International title with a hard-fought win over Japan's Kaho Osawa and Mai Tanabe while Kidambi Srikanth went down in the men's singles final on Sunday.

In the women's final, Gayatri and Treesa came back from a game down to beat Osawa and Tanabe 17-21, 21-13, 21-15 in an hour and 16 minutes to clinch the title, while Srikanth went down 16-21, 21-8, 20-22 in the men's singles final, as per a press release from the Badminton Association of India (BAI).

Playing only their second tournament after a long injury lay-off to Gayatri, the Indian combination had reached the final without dropping a game. But in the summit clash, they nee...