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Mint
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Mint
Taipei Open 2025: Eight Indian shuttlers bow out in qualifying round
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Eight Indian shuttlers crashed out of the qualifiers round and failed to make it to the main draw of the Taipei Open 2025 on Tuesday. Four Indian men and as many women shuttlers participated in the opening day's qualifiers at the BWF Super 300 tournament. Only three of them were able to get past the first round; however, they suffered heartbreak in the second round, according to Raghu Mariswamy, ranked 119th in the badminton rankings in the men's singles category, outwitted Macau's Pui Pang Fong 14-21, 21-16, 21-14. However, he bowled out after suffering defeat in straight games by Indonesia's world No. 67 Moh Zaki Ubaidillah 21-16, 21-17. Manraj Singh, ranked 79th, also emerged triumphant in the first round, by overwhelming Chinese Taipei's Cheng Kai 19-21, 21-13, 21-11. However, he fought hard and put up a valiant show, but lost the second-round battle 21-9, 19-21, 20-22 to Malaysia's Tan Jia Jie in a closely contested affair. In the women's category, Mansi Singh was the only Indian to notch a win. She defeated Tsai Hsin-Pei 22-20, 14-21, 21-17. Her run in the tournament was cut short after she lost to Thailand's Pitchamon Opatniputh 21-17, 21-10. Among other players, Aryamann Tandon suffered a defeat against Malaysia's Kok Jing Hong 27-25, 10-21, 8-21, while Mithun Manjunath also lost against Tan Jia Jie in a tight encounter in the second game, 21-17, 19-21, 9-21. In women's singles, Isharani Baruah pushed Pitchamon to the edge but crashed out with a 7-21, 23-21, 22-24 defeat. Ira Sharma lost 7-21, 18-21 to Chen Su Yu of Chinese Taipei, while Shreya Lele lost 14-21, 16-21 against Japan's Sorano Yoshikawa. Men's singles: Kidambi Srikanth, S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian, Ayush Shetty, Tharun Mannepalli, Meiraba Luwang Maisnam; Qualifiers: Aryamann Tandon, Manraj Singh, Raghu Mariswamy, Mithun Manjunath Women's singles: Anupama Upadhyaya, Unnati Hooda, Anmol Kharb, Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj, Aakarshi Kashyap; Qualifiers - Isharani Baruah, Mansi Singh, Shreya Lele, Ira Sharma Women's Doubles: Rashmi Ganesh/Sania Sikkandar. (ANI)
Hans India
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Hans India
Taipei Open: Manraj, Mansi, Raghu crash out in second round as Indian singles hope falters
Taipei: India's young badminton contingent endured a disappointing outing at the Taipei Open Super 300 tournament on Tuesday, as none of the singles players managed to progress beyond the qualification rounds into the main draw. Despite flashes of promise, the Indian challenge in both men's and women's singles fizzled out in the second round of qualifiers. Manraj Singh, Raghu Mariswamy, and Mansi Singh, all of whom began their campaigns with spirited opening-round victories, fell short in their respective next matches. Manraj Singh, Raghu Mariswamy and Mansi Singh showed early promise with opening-round wins in the singles qualification but fell short in their respective second-round matches. Among the closest results came in Manraj Singh's second-round clash against Malaysia's Tan Jia Jie. Manraj looked in control early, taking the first game 21-9. However, he lost his rhythm in a fiercely contested battle that stretched to the wire, eventually losing 21-9, 19-21, 20-22. Raghu Mariswamy, who had started the day with a strong comeback win over Macau's Pui Pang Fong (14-21, 21-16, 21-14), was unable to carry that momentum forward. He fell in straight games to Indonesia's Moh Zaki Ubaidillah, 16-21, 17-21, despite a valiant effort to stay in the rallies. In the women's singles, Mansi Singh began her campaign on a winning note, edging out Chinese Taipei's Tsai Hsin-Pei in a tight three-game affair (22-20, 14-21, 21-17). But her hopes were dashed in the second round, where she was outclassed by Thailand's rising star Pitchamon Opatniputh, going down 17-21, 10-21 in a one-sided encounter. India's woes didn't end there. Aryamann Tandon, who pushed Malaysia's Kok Jing Hong to the limit in the first game (27-25), faded in the next two to lose 27-25, 10-21, 8-21. Mithun Manjunath too couldn't hold on after winning the first game against Tan Jia Jie, eventually falling 21-17, 19-21, 9-21 in a hard-fought three-game match. The women's singles qualifiers saw further setbacks. Isharani Baruah produced one of the more entertaining matches of the day, stretching Thailand's Pitchamon to three games before losing narrowly: 7-21, 23-21, 22-24. It was a match that could have gone either way, but Isharani was unable to close it out in the decider despite a brave fightback. Meanwhile, Ira Sharma was unable to match the pace and placement of local player Chen Su Yu, going down 7-21, 18-21. Shreya Lele, facing Japan's Sorano Yoshikawa, also exited early with a 14-21, 16-21 loss.
