The Indian team of Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Aadya Variyath was defeated by Alvin Morada and Yssa Leonardo in the mixed doubles final in three games, 21-19, 18-21, and 22-20.
Christian Bernardo and Thea Pomar had to settle for third place after losing to the same Indian team in the semifinals, 17-21, 21-16, and 14-21.
Morada and Bernardo won the other gold in the men's doubles, defeating a field dominated by Indian teams.
They defeated Dhruv Rawat and Chirag Sen in the championship match, 21-12, 21-13.
Pomar and Leonardo won the other bronze medal after losing to eventual winners Srivedya Gurazada and Poorvisha S Ram, both from India, 19-21, 14-21, in the women's doubles quarterfinal.
Mikaela De Guzman and Jewel Angelo Albo, both single players, were eliminated earlier.
De Guzman narrowly missed the podium on the women's side after losing to eventual champion Kasturi Radhakrishnan of Malaysia in the quarterfinals, 14-21, 21-10, 18-21, and Albo narrowly missed the main draw on the men's side after falling to Chua Kim Sheng, also of Malaysia, in the qualification round, 17-21, 17-21.
The Cameroon International is a yearly $10,000 prize pool international badminton competition that is part of the International Series.(Romeo Braceros Jr.)
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