Ashwini and Tanisha, who also reached the finals of the Syed Modi International Super 300 tournament last week in Lucknow, defeated their Dutch opponents 21-12, 21-12
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.
The shuttler had earlier won the Orleans Masters title this year and shown his promise. He led the game one from the start and won it easily, but was made to work hard in the second game.
Hooda defeated Aakarshi Kashyap by 15-21, 21-19, 21-18 in a hard-fought round of 32 match on Wednesday and could be facing former world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan on Thursday, as per Olympics.com.
Last year, Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medalist won the Syed Modi International, Swiss Open and Singapore Open titles, making it her best-ever BWF World Tour season in terms of the number of tournaments captured. She also won the women's singles gold at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingh
Berlin [Germany], March 9 (ANI): Syed Modi International finalist Malvika Bansod on Wednesday lost in the first round of women's singles clash in the ongoing German Open here in Westenergie Sporthalle.
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): India Open champion Lakshya Sen and Syed Modi International finalist Malvika Bansod will lead the Indian men's and women's teams in the Badminton Asia Team Championships to be played at Shah Alam, Malaysia from February 15-20.