2019 Indian Badminton Tournament was held in __________.
Options
A. Pune
B. Mumbai
C. New Delhi
D. Surat
Correct Answer
New Delhi
Explanation
The Indian Badminton Tournament 2019 was held at K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi from 26 to 31 March 2019 and had a total purse of $350,000. Champions of Indian Open Badminton 2019: Men's Singles: Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) Women's Singles: Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand) Men's Doubles: Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin (Chinese Taipei) Women's Doubles: Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu (Indonesia) Mixed Doubles: Wang Yilu and Huang Dongping (China) India's Srikanth Kidambi lost to Viktor Axelsen of Denmark 7-21, 20-22 in the men's singles summit clash.
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