Guwahati Masters: India Assured Of Gold With Mithun Manjunath Vs Sanskar Saraswat In Men's Final

India is guaranteed at least one title at the Guwahati Masters Super 100, with Mithun Manjunath and Sanskar Saraswat reaching the men’s singles final, while Tanvi Sharma secured her place in the women’s singles final on Saturday.

Saraswat, who won his first senior National doubles title with Arsh Mohammad in Bengaluru last year, defeated Indonesia’s Dendi Triansyah 21-19, 21-9 in the semifinals.

Manjunath, in the other semifinal, outplayed fellow Indian Tushar Suveer 22-20, 21-8, setting up an all-Indian final.

Tanvi Sharma Too In Final

In women’s singles, world junior championships silver medallist Tanvi continued her impressive run, overcoming Japan’s third seed Hina Akechi 21-18, 21-16 in a 42-minute semifinal.

The 16-year-old from Punjab, who reached the semifinals at

the Syed Modi International Super 300 last week, will face Tung Ciou-Tong of Chinese Taipei in the final.

Tanvi had reached the Odisha Masters final last year and finished runner-up at this year’s US Open Super 300 and the World Junior Championships, and she aims for her maiden Super 100 title.

Earlier, local favourite Ashmita Chaliha missed the chance to reach the final, losing to sixth seed Tung 21-12, 17-21, 14-21 after winning the opening game.

In men’s doubles, top seeds Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Sai Pratheek K. advanced to the final with a 21-16, 22-20 win over Indonesia’s Anselmus Breagit Fredy Prasetya and Pulung Ramadhan in a 38-minute contest.

The women’s doubles campaign ended for India as eighth-seeded Ashwini Bhat K. and Shikha Gautam lost 14-21, 10-21 to second seeds Ong Xin Yee and Carmen Ting of Malaysia.

In mixed doubles semifinals, Thailand’s Tanadon Punpanich and Fungfa Korpthammakit ended the campaign of top-seeded Indian pair Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde, winning 21-15, 19-21, 21-17.

(With inputs from Agencies)