The Indian women’s doubles combination of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto put up a spectacular performance to outwit the third seeded Dutch pair of Debora Jille and Cheryl Seinen 21-12, 21-12 to enter the final of the Yonex-Sunrise Guwahati Masters BWF Super 100 International badminton tournament here on Saturday.
On a day when Indians in other categories—Malvika Bansod (women’s singles), Amsakarunan Hariharan and Ruban Kumar (men’s doubles), Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto (mixed doubles)--bowed out in the last four clashes, the duo of Ashwini and Tanisha brought joy to a sparse gathering with an entertaining display.
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There is something exciting about the way Ashwini (34 years of age) and Tanisha (20) compete and complement each other on court: Ashwini is graceful with measured movements while Tanisha is lively and aggressive at the net with full zest. The Indian pair will be the favourite when it takes on Sung Shuo Yun and Yu Chien Hui of Chinese Taipei in the final on Sunday. The Taipei duo had a facile 21-15, 21-19 victory over Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu of Australia in the other women’s doubles semifinal.
Malvika’s defeat was rather tame. She was passive and didn’t at any point of time force the pace of the match against Lalinrat Chaiwan of Thailand. The match was slow paced with each waiting for the other to make mistakes. Lalinrat executed some delectable crosscourt drops much to the dismay of the Indian. Moreover, Malvika made lots of unforced errors in both the sets and didn’t appear like she would make a match of it.
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