New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- India's Tanya Hemanth clinched the women's singles title at the Saipan International 2025 badminton tournament in the Northern Mariana Islands on Saturday.

The 21-year-old Tanya Hemanth, 86th in the badminton rankings and the top-seeded player in the tournament, outplayed Japan's unseeded Kanae Sakai 15-10, 15-8 in the final at the Oleai Sports Complex, as per Olympics.com.

The Saipan International 2025 badminton is a part of the BWF's 3x15 scoring system test events, where each game is played over 15 points instead of the conventional 21.

This was Tanya Hemanth's fourth international series title. She won the India International 2022 tournament, the Iran Fajr International in 2023 and the Bendigo International in...