Rakshitha Ramraj & Ashmita Chaliha Storm Into Women’s Singles Semi-Finals Of Korea Masters
In Badminton, Indian shuttlers Rakshitha Ramraj and Ashmita Chaliha have stormed into the women’s singles semi-finals of the Korea Masters in Asan today. Rakshitha defeated compatriot Tanvi Sharma 21-18, 19-21, 19-21 in the quaterfinals. She will now face another Indian, Ashmita Chaliha, in the semifinals. Ashmita advanced to the semi-finals after stunning top seed Hina Akechi 20-22, 21-15, 21-19.
Later in the day, men’s doubles of Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Krishna Prasad Garaga will take on the Malaysian duo of Man Wei Chong and Soh Wooi Yik for a place in the semifinals.
Meanwhile, India’s challenge in the women’s and mixed doubles events came to an end at the Korea Masters. Sonali Singh and Ritika Thaker bowed out in the women’s doubles after a 21-15, 21-9 defeat to seventh-seeded Japanese pair Sumire Nakade and Miyu Takahashi. In the mixed doubles, sixth seeds Ishaan Bhatnagar and Shruti Mishra suffered a 21-16, 16-21, 21-13 loss to South Korea’s Shin Tae-yang and Kim Yu Jung.
