Edinburgh’s Deepti Vijayakumar, 16, won both the girls under-19 singles and doubles at the Yonex National Badminton Championships in Glasgow.

In the singles final Deepti, who was claiming her second title in this age-group, defeated Jaagruti Mannem while her doubles partner was Qing Yang Xiao.

They overcame the challenge of Gemma Foulis and Shannon Leslie.

Deepti, a pupil at St George’s School, is pictured on the right alongside runner up Jaagruti Mannem and senior Scotland internationalist Ciara Torrance who presented the prizes.

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