Indian challenge at Dutch Junior International ends with both Manasi Singh and Tasnim Mir losing their semi-finals

The final two remaining Indians within the ongoing Dutch Junior International match in Haarlem, Netherlands – Manasi Singh and Tasnim Mir – misplaced their respective semi-finals to crash out and finish Indian participation within the match.

Manasi was up towards Indonesia’s Saifi Rizka Nurhidaya however was no match for her as she misplaced in simply half and hour by a scoreline of 21-11, 21-16. Same was the destiny of Tasnim Mir who had surprised everybody yesterday by knocking out the highest seed Benyapa Aimsaard of Thailand.

On Sunday although, her challenge was ended by the third-seed So Yul Lee of South Korea in simply over half and hour. However, Tasnim was in a position to present rather more of a contest than Manasi and, with a little bit of luck, may even have taken the sport into a 3rd recreation. The scoreline displays the shut nature of the match – 21-19, 22-20.

The two finalists Nurhidaya and Lee will face off within the ultimate later at the moment. In the lads’s divison, the place India’s challenge had ended yesterday with Rohan Gurbani’s loss within the quarter-final, the 2 finalists are France’s high seed Christo Popov and South Korea’s Yong Jin.

Popov had defeated his personal countryman Alex Lanier within the semifinal by a scoreline of 21-11, 21-11. Yong Jin, alternatively, was up towards Malaysia’s fourth-seed Kok Jing Hong within the semi-final. Yong gained that match in straight video games 22-20, 21-13.

This was a match that had began with lots of hopes for India with the likes of Treesa Jolly, Rohan Gurbani, and Meirba Luwong within the combine. However, after some preliminary success, they failed to succeed in the last-four stage. Still, the efficiency of Tasnim and Manasi is one thing to be optimistic about. 

Published 01 Mar 2020, 18:35 IST