Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Rutaparna Panda and her sister Swetaparna Panda made the country proud by clinching gold in women’s doubles at the BWF Tajikistan International Series 2023.
The star sisters-duo won the medal by defeating Azerbaijan’s Maftuha and Hajar Nuriyeva 21-3, 21-7 in just 20 minutes in the final.
They had bagged the silver in the APACS Kazakhstan International Future Series meet in June, got a bye in the quarters, got the better of Kazakhstan’s Yeva Butpayeva and Nargiza Rakhmetullayeva 21-10, 21-8 in the last-four stage.
