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NDTV
22-05-2025
- Sport
- NDTV
Kidambi Srikanth Enters Malaysia Masters Quarterfinal, HS Prannoy Suffers Loss
Seasoned Indian badminton player Kidambi Srikanth entered the quarterfinals of Malaysia Masters after defeating Ireland's Nhat Nguyen in his second-round match but HS Prannoy bowed out with a straight game loss on Thursday. In the mixed doubles pre-quarterfinals, the duo of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto beat France's Julien Maio and Lea Palermo 21-17 18-21 21-15. Prannoy, however, suffered a 9-21 18-21 defeat to Japan's Yushi Tanaka in his men's singles pre-quarterfinal match. In the day's other pre-quarterfinal matches involving Indian players, Ayush Shetty lost to France's Toma Popov 13-21 17-21, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran went down to Christo Popov of France 14-21 16-21. In the women's doubles round of 16 outing, Prerana Alvekar and Mrunmayee Deshpande lost to Hsu Yin-Hui and Lin Jhih Yun 9-21 14-21. Srikanth prevailed 23-21, 21-17 in the 59-minute showdown against world number 33 Nguyen. Srikanth, whose world ranking has plummeted to 65 owing to a prolonged lean patch, will face France's Toma Popov in the last-eight stage. Also bowing out was Sathish Karunakaran. He was beaten 14-21, 16-21 by Toma's brother and doubles partner Christo Popov. In the doubles competition, Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila advanced to the quarterfinals of the mixed event with a 21-17, 18-21, 21-15 victory over France's Lea Palermo and Julien Maio. They will next be up against the Chinese combination of Jiang Zhen Bang and Wei Ya Xin.
Indian Express
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Indian Express
Meet Tanisha Crasto, Indian badminton's hellraiser
Tanisha Crasto doesn't have the polished technique, prim tactics or pitch perfect temperament of the world's best mixed doubles shuttlers of the world – the Chinese, Koreans or Japanese. India's most improved female badminton player of the last 12 months, can be tempestuous, error-prone and heedless to hurting herself when she dives around on a non-stop cavalier mode for caution. Her critics frown when she screams on sound sanitised badminton courts, and they cluck tongues when she messes at the net – both, often. But you can't put Tanisha in a corner. She is an unapologetic hellraiser – a maverick who would seek out barrels if she was a surfer, and barnstorm if she was a pilot. 'I didn't play it safe. I went all in,' she says, describing a recent match at the Sudirman Cup against Indonesia – India's only win in the tie, alongside equally hot-headed Dhruv Kapila. 'With Shruti (Mishra) against Denmark,' she jogs back to an earlier tie, again the only win for India in women's doubles, 'my whole perspective was go in there and have fun. We discussed, whatever happens, we will enjoy playing badminton, and have a blast.' This 'blast' included Shruti pushing Tanisha inadvertently as she tried tracking back using her partner's stumbling figure to balance her turn, right when Tanisha was already tripping over her own feet. In a tense team event, with India's big names having lost all their matches, tempers could've flared. The two women, 21 and 23 respectively – burst out laughing. As frothy luck would have it, the shuttle floated long, giving India the point. 'Honesty, I don't take playing matches for India as pressure. I'm just happy to fight, so I never think of it as a burden of 'Oh, I have to get a point for India…or else..' I'm confident in my combinations. We discussed courts were slow, it would be long rallies, we just need to be in the game,' she adds, 'have fun.' Fear is a waste of emotional energy for Tanisha, not worth the brain cells either. The sheer work rate of playing both doubles – womens and mixed – is no stress either. 'I've always done that in junior team events also. We didn't have our A team, so we stepped in. I'm quite experienced,' she says after being onboarded by Reliance Foundation to their badminton fleet. It's a statement that captures the Tanisha-story: at 21, she's already been to the Olympics qualifying stompingly, and reached Top 20 of mixed doubles with two different partners. The perfect baton inheritor from Ashwini Ponappa, who played 13 straight days, two matches daily for India's 2018 CWG team gold. 'I'm very confident I can pull out two matches,' Tanisha declares. She of course doesn't win all. Mixed needs women players to move in front quickly and because she plays both (and generally plays every match like singles where she chases after every shuttle) Tanisha has had her share of obnoxious trolling when both players went for the same shutte, and looked silly and amateurish on court. But her bustling energy cannot be contained. Those mad dives where she leaps as if she's on trampolines when it's rock hard court? 'All those scars on my body are proof that I'm having fun in the fight,' she says, and reckons everyone might well be proud of her commitment. More than once, Tanisha is on the floor, defending and sending back shuttles when sitting and even prone. 'Oh, those just happen,' she giggles. Tanisha started playing doubles (and fell in love with it) in Dubai from age 5, with her father playing at the club. 'There weren't too many academies back then in Dubai, and everyone mostly played doubles. Singles was never my calling,' she says explaining why she loves doubles: 'It's high-paced, a lot of blood rush in the brain, lot of teamwork and challenges are difficult.' It is also notoriously difficult to crack into the Top 10. Mixed doubles demands a personality from its women – the fiery Jwala Gutta was India's finest. It's a direct, unrestrained confrontation with male power in the smash, and no one is under any illusion that the women of either side are not singled out and bombarded as the 'weak links'. 'Look, having a guy as partner and as opponent is hugely different. Their intensity and strength is much more than us. Initially I didn't know how to handle that pressure, I'll be honest. You stay in the present, get in the breathing, calm down, find solutions,' she adds. Her go-to is to keep breathing deep, get in the zone, and drown out noise. Against Indonesia's tall Gloria Widjaja who smashes from 7 feet at the net, Dhruv caught her on cross drives to make her bend. But Tanisha created a lot of openings after being 16-19 down at clutch. 'I calmed down and went into the zone where I could see every shuttle clearly. Dhruv controls from the back, but I'm a great front court player capitalizing at the net,' Tanisha confidently says. The two have reached Top 20 after seriously starting out only in November, making them the only bright spot besides Treesa-Gayatri in these last few months of grim singles results. The duo had a good run to the German Open semis, but at Sudirman, they were the only ones that looked in form. A lot of what Tanisha plays now and her temperament on court is directly taught by Ashwini, 13 years her senior. 'Ashwini is just so super dedicated. But she also taught me to enjoy life, go out, experience life, take breaks from deep focus and to be calm on court,' she says. Win or lose, Ashwini always had a big smile on her face – as if she was enjoying the battle. That smile can really freak out opponents, Tanisha thinks, though it's just her way to not let pressure turn debilitating. 'So I listen to music, go out, I love shopping. It eases my stress. Just stepping out, going for a drive. It's my time to regroup. Initially it was very tough to switch off from the game. But physiologically, psychologically it's very important to tune out,' she says. This going all in – completely switching out duality of battle, comes from her mother, Tulip. Working in logistics in Dubai, she told her husband to quit his job at Intel to accompany Tanisha to competitions. 'Badminton was costly, but I couldn't travel alone. My mother made the big sacrifice and took over full responsibility of running the house with long hours of job, and taking care of my sibling and the house. Never once did she say I should not pursue my dream,' Tanisha says of her mother, who was more inclined towards cricket and art & craft. The Paris Olympics was traumatic for most Indian shuttlers as they went hungry after the dining areas ran out of food in early days. 'But it was a superb experience,' Tanisha says. 'My parents came to watch me. Village was not great due to issues with food by the time our matches were done. But then the Indian team sorted that out later bringing in cooks. But those sleeping pods for India were real cool,' she recalls, always upbeat about her circumstances, however dire. When she moved to India's national camp in Hyderabad at 16, and endured many lonely days, learning to be independent, Tanisha was pursuing single minded goal from the start. 'I wanted to play for India. That's it,' she says. She began winning everything in GCC countries, Kuwait, Bahrain and simultaneously lorded the junior circuit in India. 'Winning medals in different countries gave me confidence and told me I'm capable of that level. There is a lot to learn, so much more,' she says, exuberant about the journey ahead and learning to stay calm. Tanisha Crasto is quietly taming the tempest within her as she climbs the rankings ladder. But the fun, she knows, is when everyone else knows that she can unleash the fury and tempest at will, shushing the outside noise, so she can yell her heart out and raise proper hell for opponents.
Free Malaysia Today
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Free Malaysia Today
Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Denmark reach Sudirman Cup quarters
India had shown promising signs when Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto fought back from a game down to beat Indonesia's team. (AFP pic) XIAMEN : Japan breezed through to the Sudirman Cup quarter-finals after crushing France 5-0 on Tuesday, while Group C rivals Malaysia advanced with a 4-1 win over Australia in the biennial mixed team competition. Japan went ahead through mixed doubles pair Yuichi Shimogami and Sayaka Hobara before Koki Watanabe and women's world number four Akane Yamaguchi won their singles matches to open up an unassailable 3-0 lead. Searching for their first title after finishing runners-up three times, Japan went on to complete their second straight 5-0 victory thanks to their dominant doubles pairings. Malaysia, also eyeing a first Sudirman crown, went 4-0 up through their mixed doubles, singles and men's doubles wins before Australian duo Gronya Somerville and Angela Yu got the better of Go Pei Kee and Carmen Ting in the women's doubles. In the evening session, former champions Indonesia marched into the quarter-finals with a 4-1 win over India in Group D. Having lost 4-1 to Denmark on Sunday, India showed promising signs when Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto fought back from a game down to beat Indonesia's Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja 10-21 21-18 21-19. But, Putri Kusuma Wardani won her singles match against former world number two PV Sindhu to level things up for Indonesia, and Jonatan Christie beat HS Prannoy as the 1989 champions rallied to a dominant victory. In the other Group D match, Denmark routed England 5-0 thanks to Jesper Toft and Amalie Magelund winning their mix doubles match before singles victories for Magnus Johannesen and Line Kjaersfeldt sent them into the last eight.
Time of India
28-04-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
India fall to Denmark 1-4 in Sudirman Cup opener: PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy lose
BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2025: Tanisha-Shruti Register Impressive Win but India Go Down 1-4 Against Denmark PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy suffered straight game losses as India went down to Denmark 1-4 in the Group D round robin league match of the Sudirman Cup in Xiamen on Sunday. The saving grace for India was the 21-13, 21-18 victory of women's doubles pair Tanisha Crasto and Shruti Mishra in the last match of the rubber. Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto, who started the proceedings for India, faltered against Jesper Toft and Amalie Magelund 13-21, 14-21. Prannoy, who came in next, worked hard but was not able to stop Anders Antonsen 15-21, 16-21. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! In the crucial men's doubles tie, youngsters Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar proved no match to the formidable pair of Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 7-21, 4-21. At 0-3, Sindhu was expected to fetch the first point for India. But the ace shuttler, who is struggling to get back to her best, went down fighting against Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt 20-22, 21-23. This is Sindhu's first loss against the Dane in six meetings. In the other Group D match, Indonesia blanked England 5-0.
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First Post
27-04-2025
- Sport
- First Post
Sudirman Cup 2025: India suffer 1-4 defeat against Denmark despite Tanisha and Shruti's impressive win
Tanisha Crasto and Shruti Mishra's 21-13, 21-18 victory over Natasja Anthonisen and Alexandra Boje in the women's doubles tie was the only bright spot in what was otherwise a disappointing performance by Indian shuttlers in their Group D meeting with Denmark. read more Tanisha Crasto and Shruti Mishra in action during the women's doubles tie in India's Group D clash against Denmark at the Sudirman Cup. Image credit: Badmintonphoto Women's doubles combination of Tanisha Crasto and Shruti Mishra came up with an impressive win, but injury-hit Team India could not avoid a 1-4 loss against the formidable Denmark in their Group D opener in the BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2025 in Xiamen, China on Sunday. With India missing the services of their first-choice men's and women's doubles combinations, they needed the bench strength to step up. Up stepped Tanisha and Shruti, showing what they are capable of with a 21-13, 21-18 win over Natasja Anthonisen and Alexandra Boje in the last rubber. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Earlier, former world champion PV Sindhu came closest to bagging another point for India against Line Kjaersfeldt. The 29-year-old showed glimpses of her old self as she took the lead in both games, but could not maintain the momentum and lost narrowly 20-22, 21-23. The tie began with mixed doubles, where India's Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crato faced opponents Jesper Toft and Amalie Magelund. Dhruv and Tanisha started strong but went down 13-21, 14-21 in straight games, giving Denmark the early advantage. Asian Games bronze medallist HS Prannoy, then, took the fight to Anders Antonsen in the men's singles rubber, but ended up on the wrong end of the 15-21, 16-21 score line. India will now look to bounce back in their next Sudirman Cup tie against Asian heavyweights Indonesia, which will be played on Court 1 of the Fenghuang Gymnasium on Tuesday. Results: India 1-4 Denmark: Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto lost to Jesper Toft/Amalie Magelund 13-21, 14-21; HS Prannoy lost to Anders Antonsen 15-21, 16-21; Hariharan Amsakarunan/R Ruban Kumar lost to Kim Astrup/Anders Rasmussen 7-21, 4-21; PV Sindhu lost to Line Kjaersfeldt 20-22, 21-23; Tanisha Crasto/Shruti Mishra bt Natasia Anthonisen/Alexandra Boje 21-13, 21-18
