Markham: Tanya Hemnath and Aakarshi Kashyap lost their women's singles second round matches to draw curtains to the Indian challenge at the Canada Open here.Tanya lost to third seed Riko Gunji of Japan 11-21 11-21 in 31 minutes while Aakarshi went down fighting to fourth seed Beiwen Zhang of USA 22-20 17-21 17-21 in the second round match that lasted one hour and seven minutes.Earlier, Tanya had prevailed 21-16 21-18 over USA's Disha Gupta in the opening round while Aakarshi saw off Anna Tatranova of France 21-14 21-12.With the ouster of Tanya and Aakarshi, the Indian challenge ended at the Super 300 tournament.
Tanya, Aakarshi exit as India's Canada Open campaign ends
The Indian challenge at the Canada Open concluded today as both Tanya Hemnath and Aakarshi Kashyap were eliminated in the women's singles second round. Hemnath succumbed to Japan's Riko Gunji in straight games, while Kashyap fought hard but ultimately lost to USA's Beiwen Zhang in a three-game thriller. Their defeats mark the end of India's campaign at the Super 300 tournament.
103 words~1 min read
