Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto efficiently defended the ladies’s doubles title at Guwahati Masters, a BWF Tour Tremendous 100 match, on Sunday.
The highest-seeded Indian pair of Ashwini and Tanisha defeated China’s Li Hua Zhou and Wang Zi Meng 21-18, 21-12 in 43 minutes within the last to win the title for the second yr in a row.
The world No. 16 Tanisha and Ashwini started with a bang, surging to an 8-2 lead. Nevertheless, the Chinese language pair narrowed the hole to 10-11 on the mid-game interval and stored the strain on, trailing intently till 18-19. The Indian duo then held its nerve to safe the ultimate two factors and take the primary recreation.
The second recreation began competitively, however the Indians pulled away with a seven-point spree, racing to a 15-6 lead. They maintained the momentum to decisively shut out the match and retain the title.
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In males’s singles, third Sathish Kumar Karunakaran took down Chinese language qualifier Zhu Xuan Chen 21-17, 21-14. The 23-year-old Indian had additionally gained the Odisha Masters Tremendous 100 final yr.
Nevertheless, Anmol Kharb misplaced to Chinese language qualifier Cai Yan Yan after taking the lead within the ladies’s singles summit conflict.
Cai defeated the 17-year-old Kharb 14-21, 21-13, 21-19 in an hour and 18 minutes.
(With inputs from PTI)
RESULTS
Ladies’s Singles: Anmol Kharb (IND) misplaced to Cai Yan Yan (CHN) 21-14, 13-21, 19-21
Ladies’s Doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa/Tanisha Crasto (IND) bt Li Hua Zhou/Wang Zi Meng (CHN) 21-18, 21-12
Males’s Singles: Sathish Kumar Karunakaran (IND) bt Zhu Xuan Chen (CHN) 21-17, 21-14
Males’s Doubles: Chia Weijie/Lwi Sheng Hao (MAS) bt Huang Di/Liu Yang (CHN) 20-22, 21-15, 21-17
Combined Doubles: Zhang Han Yu/Bao Li Jing (CHN) bt Rory Easton/Lizzie Tolman (ENG) 21-15, 21-16