Throughout 2023, China struggled to emerge from under COVID-19's shadow, after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) inexplicably reversed course on its policy of draconian lockdowns at the end of 2022.
In the first final of the day, Indian duo Tanisha Crasto-Dhruv Kapila were up against Singapore's Hee Yong Kai Terry and Tan Wei Han Jessica. Meanwhile, in the women's doubles final, the Indian duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto went down to the Indonesian pair of Meilysa Trias Puspi
Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto entered the Women's Doubles Final at the ongoing Odisha Masters 2023 here at the JN Indoor Stadium. In another important match, Nozomi Okuhara secured her place in the Women's singles final
Since 2022, the duo has won five BWF World Tour titles, historic Thomas Cup, medals at World Championships, Asian Championships, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.
Singles shuttler star Malvika Bansod and women's doubles combination of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto registered contrasting victories to reach the semi-final of the Yonex-Sunrise Guwahati Masters Super 100 badminton tournament here on Friday.
In the men's singles category, none of the other Indians in action made it to the quarterfinals with national champion Mithun Manjunath, the experienced Sameer Verma and world junior bronze medallist Ayush Shetty knocked out in the round of 16.
Miller also issued a stern warning, threatening to "significantly limit visas" if provinces and educational institutions fail to take appropriate actions before the upcoming fall term.
India's women's doubles pair Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa fell just short against Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi of Japan in a thrilling three-game women's doubles final 14-21, 21-17, 15-21 to finish as Runners-Up at Syed Modi India International Badminton Championship 2023.
The seventh-seeded Crasto-Ponnappa beat compatriots Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand to make it to the quarters. In the semifinals, they had a much tougher challenge in the form of Japanese top seeds Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota.
Ramkumar Ramanathan inched towards his second back-to-back ITF M25K title with an almost flawless victory against Ryotaro Taguchi of Japan to reach the finals of the ITF Kalaburagi Open