India’s campaign ended at the Taipei Open badminton tournament after Parupalli Kashyap and Tanisha Crasto suffered narrow defeats in the quarter-finals of the singles and doubles competitions respectively on Friday.
Third-seeded Kashyap’s impressive run ended in a 12-21 21-12 17-21 loss to Malaysia’s Soong Joo Ven in a 55-minute Super 300 tournament match.
Tanisha also had a disappointing day as she suffered losses in mixed doubles and women’s doubles.
Sixth seeds Tanisha and Ishaan Bhatnagar lost 19-21 12-21 to Malaysia’s Hoo Pang Ron and Toh Ee Wei in the mixed doubles match which lasted 32 minutes.
Tanisha, 19, born in Dubai, then produced a gallant fight with her women’s doubles partner Shruti Mishra, but could not pass sixth seeds from Hong Kong, Ng Tsz Yau and Tsang Hiu Yan, losing 16 -21 22-20 18-21. in just over an hour.
Read all Recent news et recent news ici
