Ashwini Ponnappa, Sathish Kumar enter mixed doubles final

Top seed S.R. Rakshitha Sree and ninth seed Rujula Ramu entered the women's singles final of the Telangana India International Challenge badminton championship. Both secured hard-fought three-game semifinal victories, defeating Aditi Rao and Tara Shah, respectively, on Saturday

Hyderabad: Top seed S.R. Rakshitha Sree and ninth seed Rujula Ramu entered the women’s singles final of the Telangana India International Challenge badminton championship here on Saturday.

In the semifinals, Rakshitha defeated Aditi Rao 19-21, 21-16, 21-12, while Rujula scored a 21-18, 17-21, 21-8 win over Tara Shah.

---

Results:

Semifinals

Men

Singles: Tushar Suveer bt Hmar Lalthzuala 21-14, 21-19; Bharat Raghav bt K Lokesh Reddy 21-19, 18-21, 21-10.

Doubles: G Krishna Prasad and Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy bt Lau Yi Sheng and Lee Yi Bo (Malaysia) 21-18, 21-15; K Sai Prateek and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi bt Niranjaan GN Nandakumar and Mithileish P Krishnan 21-15, 17-21, 21-11.

Women

Singles: S.R. Rakshitha Sree bt Aditi Rao 19-21, 21-16, 21-12; Rujula Ramu bt Tara Shah 21-18, 17-21, 21-8.

Doubles: Phattharin Aiamvareesrisakul and Sarisa Janpeng (Thailand) bt Aditi Bhat and Shravani Walekar 21-19, 21-18; Mei Sudo and Mai Tanabe (Japan) bt K Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam 19-21, 21-10, 21-19.

Mixed doubles: Rodion Alimov and Alina Davletova bt Viraj Kuvale and Rutaparna Panda 21-16, 21-16; Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and Ashwini Ponnappa bt C Lalramsanga and M Keerthy 21-19, 21-8.