Goemakrponn desk
PANAJI: Goa and India’s star badminton player, Tanisha Crasto who was in line for a double crown emerged with one Gold and one Silver medal, at the Infosys Foundation India International Challenge Badminton tournament in Bengaluru on Sunday.
Tanisha along with her partner Ishaan Bhatnagar from Chhattisgarh, who are the reigning Junior National champions, emerged victorious in the Mixed doubles event, registering a thrilling 21-16, 21-19 win over Sai Pratheek K and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela, in the six-day International tournament organized by the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy under the aegis of Badminton Association of India, at the Padukone-Dravid Center for Sports Excellence, Bengaluru.
In Women’s doubles, Tanisha along with her partner Rutuparna Panda went down to Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand 21-23, 14-21 to settle for Silver.
“We congratulate Tanisha Crasto and her partners on their sensational performance in this tournament, which is the first major tournament held in India in the Senior Men and Women age category after a lengthy break. Apart from Tanisha and her partners, the interesting highlight of this championship was the large number of Junior players who emerged on the podium such as Unnati Hooda, Priyanshu Rajawat, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand while some of the senior names were upset in the earlier rounds, demonstrating the large pool of young talent that is there in India today which augurs well for future for India in this sport”, stated Sandeep Heble, the Goa Badminton Association Secretary in his congratulatory message.
Following are the results:
Mixed Doubles
Ishaan Bhatnagar / Tanisha Crasto bt Sai Pratheek K / Gayatri Gopichand 21-16, 21-19
Women’s Singles
Anupama Upadhyaya bt Unnati Hooda 21-19, 21-16
Men’s Doubles
Krishna Prasad Garaga / Vishnu Vardhan Goud bt Arun George / Sanyam Shukla 24-22, 13-21, 22-20
Women’s Doubles
Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand bt Tanisha Crasto / Rutuparna Panda 23-21, 21-14
Men’s Singles
Priyanshu Rajawat bt Raghu Mariswamy 12-21, 21-10, 21-8
