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Sourabh Varma makes Bitburger Open final

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India's Sourabh Varma reached the final of the men's singles event at the ongoing Bitburger Badminton Open in Germany on Saturday.

Sourabh registered a comfortable 21-15, 21-18 victory against Denmark's 15th-seeded Anders Antonsen in 39 minutes. He had previously defeated Ukraine's Artem Pochtarov to reach the semifinals of the tournament.

Sameer Verma, the other Indian in the fray, lost 18-21, 15-21 to fourth seed Yuqi Shi from China in their semifinal clash.

Sourabh, who is ranked 57th in the world, will take on world no. 16 Shi in the final.

The 23-year-old Sourabh had previously won the men's singles event at the Chinese Taipei Masters, held in Taipei in October. He had also made the finals at the Polish and Belgian International earlier this year but had lost on both occasions.

He last faced Shi at the Syed Modi International Championships in January where he lost in three games.