Orleans Masters Highlights: Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa clinched a 21-9, 21-9 win against Ireland’s Kate Frost and Moya Ryan in the first round at Orleans Masters 2023. India’s seventh seeded Men’s Doubles pair MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila have also advanced to the second round on Tuesday, 5th April 2023. The Indian duo defeated Czech Republic’s unseeded Ondrej Kral and Adam Mendrek 21-13, 22-20 in the first round. Women’s Doubles players Sikki Reddy and Arathi Sunil and Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker suffered defeats on the day.Follow Orleans Masters 2023 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
Orleans Masters Highlights: Tanisha Crasto & Ashwini Ponnappa, MR Arjun & Dhruv Kapila advance to second round at Orleans Masters 2023 – Watch Highlights
Men’s Doubles
- Dhruv Kapila/MR Arjun BEAT Ondrej Kral/Adam Mendrek – 21-13, 22-20
Women’s Doubles
- Simran Singhi/Ritika Thaker LOST TO Lanny Mayasari/Ribika Sugiarto – 14-21, 14-21
- Sikki Reddy/Arathi Sunil LOST TO Mariia Stoliarenko/Yelyzaveta Zharka – 19-21, 21-15, 19-21.
- Tanisha Crasto/Ashwini Ponnappa BEAT Kate Frost/Moya Ryan – 21-9, 21-9
Men’s Doubles
Dhruv Kapila/MR Arjun vs Ondrej Kral/Adam Mendrek
Orléans Masters Badminton 2023 presented by VICTOR
WD – R32
🇮🇳Tanisha CRASTO🏅
21 21 🇮🇳Ashwini PONNAPPA🏅
🇮🇪Kate FROST
9 9 🇮🇪Moya RYAN🕚 in 29 minutes
— BWFScore (@BWFScore) April 4, 2023
In the women’s doubles, Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa beat Ireland’s Kate Frost and Moya Ryan 21-9, 21-9 to make the second round of the main draw. Meanwhile, Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker lost to Indonesia’s Lanny Tria Mayasari and Ribka Sugiarto 21-14, 21-15 to crash out.
Meanwhile, none of the three Indian singles players in action on Tuesday managed to make it past the qualifiers. S Sankar Muthusamy, Meiraba Maisnam, Women’s singles contender Anupama Upadhyay all lost in their second round in the qualifiers.
The mixed doubles team of Sai Pratheek and Tanisha Crasto entered the main draw after their opponents Mihajlo Tomic and Andjela Vitman, retired midway through their match.
Orleans Masters Highlights: Tanisha Crasto & Ashwini Ponnappa, MR Arjun & Dhruv Kapila advance to second round at Orleans Masters 2023 – Watch Highlights