CUTTACK
It was a mixed bag for Goa's Tanisha Crasto as she won the mixed doubles title partnering Dhruv Kapila at the Odisha Masters BWF super 100 tournament but lost the women's doubles final with her partner Ashwini Ponnappa, at the JN Indoor Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday.
Tanisha, who is in a rich vein of form, won the mixed doubles title with Dhruv following a thrilling three-game victory over Singapore's Hee Yong Kai Terry and Tan Wei Han Jessica in a pulsating final. Tanisha, 20, and 23-year-old Dhruv dished out a gallant fight to rally their way to outwit Hee and Tan 17-21, 21-19, 23-21 in an hour and 14 minutes.
However, the Goan shuttler fell short of a double crown as she and veteran Ponnappa lost the women's doubles final to the Indonesian combination of Meilysa Trias Puspitasari and Rachel Allessya Rose. The Indian duo lost 14-21, 17-21 in 51 minutes.
Meanwhile, India's Sathish Kumar Karunakaran secured his maiden BWF super 100 title after outwitting world junior championship bronze medallist Ayush Shetty in an all-Indian men's singles final. The 22-year-old Sathish, who won men's singles title at India International and had a runner-up finish at Maldives International this season, prevailed 21-18, 19-21, 21-14 over Ayush in an exciting final.
Sixth-seeded Indian men's doubles pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Sai Pratheek K also fell short in the final against seventh-seeded Lin Bing-Wei and Su Ching Heng of Chinese Taipei, going down 22-20, 18-21, 17-21 in the title clash.
