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[ad_1] Tanisha Crasto will again be in action in the women's doubles final.© X (Twitter)Indian pair of Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila secured the mixed doubles title at Odisha Masters Super 100 badminton tournament after eking out a thrilling three-game win over Singapore's Hee Yong Kai Terry and Tan Wei Han Jessica in a pulsating final on Sunday. Tanisha, 20, and 23-year-old Dhruv dished out a gallant fight to recover from 0-1 to outwit Hee and 17-21 21-19 23-21 in an hour and 14 minutes.Apart from women's singles, Indian shuttlers have reached the finals of all other four categories in the last tournament of the BWF World tour calender.Tanisha will again be in action in the women's doubles final with partner Ashwini Ponnappa, taking on the Indonesian combination of Meilysa Trias Puspi...

[ad_1] Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa© TwitterRiding on their remarkable run in the last two weeks, Indian women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto climbed four places to reach world number 24 in the latest BWF ranking issued on Tuesday. Ashwini, 34, and her 20-year-old partner Tanisha, who joined hands in January this year, secured their third women's doubles title and the second Super 100 crown with a straight game win over Chinese Taipei's Sung Shuo Yun and Yu Chien Hui in the final of the Guwahati Masters on Sunday.The Indian pair, who had finished runners-up at the Syed Modi International Super 300 tournament in Lucknow, now has 44,590 points from 16 tournaments.Another Indian women's doubles pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly remained static at world...

[ad_1] Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa© TwitterIndian women's doubles pair of Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa on Sunday secured their second Super 100 title with a straight game win over Chinese Taipei's Sung Shuo Yun and Yu Chien Hui at the Guwahati Masters in Guwahati. The second seeded Indian combination, which finished runners-up at the Syed Modi International Super 300 tournament last week in Lucknow, beat the world no. 81 combination 21-13 21-19 in a 40-minute final. This was the third title for the Indian pair, which had clinched the Abu Dhabi Masters Super 100 and Nates International Challenge this year.Ashwini, 34, and 20-year-old Tanisha started playing together only in January and were part of India's Asian Games squad which competed in Hangzhou, China in September-Oct...

[ad_1] Indian pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto produced a valiant fight before going down in a thrilling three-game women's doubles final at the Syed Modi International super 300 badminton tournament in Lucknow on Sunday. The World No. 32 Indian pair, which had clinched the Nates International Challenge and Abu Dhabi Masters Super 100 this year, lost 14-21 21-17 15-21 against third seeds Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi of Japan in a 77-minute clash to make a creditable runner-up finish.The seventh seeded Indians made good starts but couldn't sustain the pressure in the opening game.Ashwini, 36, and 20-year-old Tanisha, who started playing together only in January this year, roared back into the contest after winning the second game and fought back from 1-8 down in the decider to...