Lusaka (Zambia), Nov. 17 -- Indian shuttlers Anuj Kale and Ian Lopes claimed the men's doubles title at the Zambia International 2025 badminton tournament, which concluded in Lusaka.
According to Olympics.com, competing at the OYDC Zambia - Sports Development Centre on Sunday, Kale and Lopes, 386th in the badminton rankings, took 26 minutes to beat fellow Indians and world No. 618 pair of Achutaditya Rao Doddavarapu and Arjun Reddy Pochana 21-9, 21-13.
The young Indian pair had earlier stormed into the final with a straight games victory over Zambia's Ganlian Dong and Daqing Hu in the semi-finals.
Their only dropped game in the tournament came during the quarter-finals against the Islamic Republic of Iran's Amirhossein Ajamlow and Nima R...