Toronto [Canada], July 3 (ANI): India’s marketing campaign on the Canada Open 2026 got here to an finish after Aakarshi Kashyap and Tanya Hemanth suffered second-round defeats within the ladies’s singles occasion on the BWF Super 300 event in Markham, Ontario, based on Olympics.com.
World No. 71 Aakarshi Kashyap put up a spirited battle towards fourth seed and world No. 33 Beiwen Zhang of the United States earlier than taking place 20-22, 21-17, 21-17 in a contest that lasted one hour and 7 minutes.
Aakarshi made a shiny begin to the match, opening up a 10-6 lead within the first sport. However, Zhang fought again to degree the scores earlier than edging a intently contested opening sport. The Indian responded strongly all through the match however was unable to capitalise on key moments.
The second sport noticed Zhang surge right into a commanding lead earlier than Aakarshi mounted a late comeback. Despite narrowing the deficit, she couldn’t forestall the American from forcing a decider. The last sport remained evenly poised till 17-17, after which Zhang received 4 consecutive factors to seal the match.
The defeat marked Aakarshi’s third loss to Zhang in as many conferences, based on Olympics.com.
In the opposite ladies’s singles second-round match, world No. 56 Tanya Hemanth was outclassed by Japan’s third seed and world No. 21 Riko Gunji, who registered a convincing 21-11, 21-11 victory in simply 31 minutes. The outcome additionally marked Tanya’s second successive defeat to Gunji after the Japanese shuttler had eradicated her within the opening spherical of final week’s US Open.
Aakarshi and Tanya had been India’s final remaining representatives within the event after the remainder of the contingent exited earlier within the competitors, based on Olympics.com.
Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth was pressured to retire harm throughout his match towards Malaysia’s Olympic medallist Lee Zii Jia, whereas Devika Sihag, Rakshitha Ramraj, Anmol Kharb, Shriyanshi Valishetty, Saneeth Dayanand and Sankar Subramanian had been all eradicated within the early rounds.
India’s problem within the doubles competitors additionally ended on the opening day after Achutaditya Rao Doddavarapu and Arjun Reddy Pochana had been knocked out.
The Indian shuttlers will subsequent be seen in motion on the Japan Open 750, scheduled to start on July 14. (ANI)