Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto win Guwahati Masters Super 100 title

Indian women's doubles pair Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa win second Super 100 title at Guwahati Masters. The world no. 28 pair beat world no. 81 Chinese Taipei duo in 40-min final. This is the 3rd title for the Indian pair this year. Ashwini and Tanisha started playing together in January and were part of India's Asian Games squad. Ashwini has enjoyed success with Jwala Gutta, winning 2011 World Championships bronze and CWG gold and silver. Tanisha represented Bahrain & won her first major BWF title in 2016.

Indian women's doubles pair of Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa on December 10 secured their second Super 100 title with a straight-game win over Chinese Taipei's Sung Shuo Yun and Yu Chien Hui at the Guwahati Masters in Guwahati.

The second-seeded Indian combination, which finished runners-up at the Syed Modi International Super 300 tournament last week in Lucknow, beat the world no. 81 combination 21-13, 21-19 in a 40-minute final.

This was the third title for the Indian pair, which had clinched the Abu Dhabi Masters Super 100 and Nantes International Challenge this year.

The Indian duo didn't face much resistance in the opening game as it led 6-2 and kept moving ahead, taking an 11-7 advantage at the interval. After resumption, Ashwini and Tanisha kept dominating the rallies to leave their opponents far behind.

The world no. 28 Indian pair again had a 4-1 lead which swelled to 12-6 in a jiffy but the Taiwanese combination led a fight-back with five straight points to make it 11-12.

Shuo and Chien drew parity at 16-16 and 19-19 but the Indians quelled the challenge, sealing the issue with the required two points.

Ashwini, 34, and 20-year-old Tanisha started playing together only in January this year and were part of India's Asian Games squad which competed in Hangzhou, China in September-October.