PANAJI: The WTT Star Contender Goa ended just the way it had started — with a major upset. If world No. 1 Fan Zhendong was the biggest casualty at the first stage, the tournament folded up on Sunday with another major upset, this time the top pair of Shunsuke Togami and Yukiya Uda biting the dust in the men’s doubles final.
The world No. 1 pair from Japan had to dig deep all through their campaign to survive, including the semifinals where they won a tense five-setter. However, they ran out of luck in the final against An Jaehyun and Cho Seungmin at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee stadium in Taleigao.