Anand Pawar wins Scottish International title

Mumbai boy Anand Pawar recovered impressively from a first game reversal to beat Japan's Kazumasa Sakai to lift the men's singles title in the Scottish International badminton tournament in Glasgow on Sunday.
The world number 55, who had not dropped a game in the competition so far, did not start well against the 10th seed Japan and it looked like Pawar was out of sorts till midway through the second game.
But once the seventh seed found his rhythm there was no stopping the eventual champion. He raced through the second game. Even in the third set, both players were going neck-and-neck till 15-15 before raced ahead to clinch the match and the title in just under an hour.
"I was not playing my best. but I still managed to fight it out and mostly importantly win the match," Pawar said on his facebook feed after winning the title.
Pawar had won the French International title back in April, ending a two year drought of international titles.