Badminton, Odisha Masters: Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto, Unnati Hooda progress to quarter-finals

Day three of the Odisha Masters 2023 saw Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto, Unnati Hooda, Kiran George, Rutuparna Panda-Swetaparna Panda progress to the next round at the JN Indoor Stadium.

In first high-octane clash of the day, Indian duo Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila were up against Indonesia’s Amri Syahnawi and Winny Oktavina Kandow in Round of 16 Mixed Doubles match. The Indian pair showed aggression right from the first point and took a 7-3 lead in a jiffy.

The Indian pair closed down the first set with a score of 21-16. In the second set of the match, the Indian pair took a 13-4 lead and put their opponents on backfoot. The Indian pair entered the Quarterfinals as they won the match 21-16, 21-12.

Ashwini Ponnappa and Rohan Kapoor were up against Sumeeth Reddy (8) and Sikki Reddy in their Round of 16 Mixed Doubles match. In a match that saw momentum swinging continuously, it was Sumeeth and Sikki who got the better of Ashwini-Rohan in the first set of the match with a score of 21-14.

At the beginning of the second set, Ashwini-Rohan started showing urgency and putting pressure on Sumeeth-Sikki. Ashwini-Rohan came out all guns blazing, galloping to 11-9 lead as both the teams were...

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