All smiles: Ashwini-Tanisha pair dominated proceedings all through the summit conflict.
| Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR
In hardly 11 months of taking part in as a pair on the BWF tour, the Indian duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto has made fairly a speedy progress, reaching World No.28. Now, it’s the second-best Indian doubles mixture after Gayatri Gopi Chand and Treesa Jolly (WR: 19) on the earth rankings.
In the women’s doubles summit conflict of the Yonex-Sunrise Guwahati Masters Super 100 International badminton match right here on Sunday, Ashwini-Tanisha produced a stellar efficiency to beat Taipei’s Sung Shuo Yun and Yu Chien Hui 21-13, 21-19 to bag its third title in 4 finals.
The Taipei pair was beneath par in all methods. Sung and Yu neither had the weapons nor the nous required to match wits towards the crack mixture of Ashwini and Tanisha. If not for a couple of unforced errors from the Indians within the second sport, the competition would have gotten over a lot sooner than the 40 minutes it took.
Tanisha on the web was fast to pounce if the shuttle was throughout the vary to go for a ‘kill’ and her retrievals have been top-notch. Ashwini was strong and regular on the again.
“We are working on a lot of things. The important thing is to have an all-round game and not have a single-minded game. We are more open to all aspects. That will be crucial for us. In this tournament, that worked very well. The variations in our shots, the variations from attack to defence worked well,” Ashwini mentioned to The Hindu.
“I am not surprised (with our progress). The whole goal was to do well. We are on the right track and are looking to do better.”
The outcomes (finals): Men: Singles: Yohanes Saut Marcellyno (Ina) bt Alvi Wijaya Chairullah (Ina) 21-12, 21-17; Doubles: Choong Hon Jian & Haikal Muhammad (Mas) bt Lin Bing-Wei & Su Ching Heng (Tpe) 21-17, 23-21.
Women: Singles: Lalinrat Chaiwan (Tha) bt Line Christophersen (Den) 21-14, 17-21, 21-16; Doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa & Tanisha Crasto bt Sung Shuo Yun & Yu Chien Hui (Tpe) 21-13, 21-19.
Mixed doubles: Hee Yong Kai Terry & Tan Wei Han Jessica (Sin) bt Mads Vestergaard (Den) 21-29, 21-11.
