Guwahati (Assam) [India], December 10 (ANI): The Indian girls’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto secured the ladies’s doubles title on the Guwahati Masters 2023 badminton event on Sunday.
Ponnappa and Crasto, the second seeds within the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super 100 event, beat Taiwan’s Sung Shuo Yun and Yu Chien Hui 21-13, 21-19 to win their second title as a pair, as per Olympics.com.
Earlier this 12 months, they’d gained the Abu Dhabi Masters Super 100 event.
The Japanese duo of Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi defeated Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto within the title decider of the Syed Modi International Super 300 competitors, which was held final week in Lucknow.
The first badminton recreation of the ultimate in Guwahati was a one-way avenue in favour of the Indian gamers. Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto took over the match as soon as the scores had been tied at one. The Indian pair steadily prolonged their lead earlier than resoundingly ending the primary recreation to grab the lead.
In the second recreation, the Indian shuttlers continued the place they left off, main by 5 factors on the half. The Taipei duo, with their backs to the wall, got here out sturdy following the restart, chopping the result in only one level at 12-11, organising a mad sprint to the end line.
Following a remaining rating of 19 all, it appeared as if the Indian gamers had been shedding floor to Sung Shuo Yun and Yu Chien Hui. But Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto rallied the house viewers and managed to seize the final two factors of the sport to win the title.
The match resulted in 40 minutes. The outcomes of this event will rely in the direction of the participant’s qualifying rankings for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
-Guwahati Masters 2023 badminton winners checklistMen’s singles: Yohanes Saut Marcellyno (Indonesia)Women’s singles: Lalinrat Chaiwan (Thailand)Men’s doubles:Women’s doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa/Tanisha Crasto (India)Mixed doubles: Hee Yong Kai Terry/Tan Wei Han Jessica (Singapore). (ANI)