Guwahati Masters Super 100 badminton tournament: Anmol, Satish, Ashwini-Tanisha pair reach final

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GUWAHATI: Hosts India will have the opportunity to bag three titles on the final day of the Guwahati Masters Super 100 badminton tournament here on Sunday. Upcoming women’s singles Anmol Kharb, men’s singles third seed Sathish Kumar Karunankaran and women’s doubles defending champions Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto registered contrasting wins to win their semi-final matches and book their spots in the respective summit clashes.

In the all-Indian women’s singles semifinal, Anmol defeated Mansi Singh 21-19, 21-17 in just 40 minutes and Sathish Kumar ended the day with a come from behind 13-21, 21-14, 21-16 win over sixth seed Wang Zheng Xing of China.

In the women’s doubles semi-finals, top seeds Ashwini and Tanisha cruised through to a 21-14, 21-14 win over Keng Shu Liang and Wang Ting Ge of China in the semi-finals. They will face another Chinese combination of Li Hua Zhou and Wang Zi Meng as they aim to become the only champions from the first edition to retain the title.

In the men’s singles final, Sathish Kumar will look to add another Super 100 title to his trophy cabinet. The 23-year-old, who had won the Odisha Masters Super 100 last year, will face another Chinese qualifier Zhu Xuan Chen.

The mixed doubles final will witness a clash between China’s Zhang Han Yu and Bao Li Jing against Rory Easton and Lizzie Tolman of England while China’s Huang Di and Liu Yang will take on Chia Weijie and Lwi Sheng Hao of Malaysia in the men’s doubles final.

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