Badminton
Taipei Open: India's campaign ends after 3 quarterfinal losses
India's campaign at the 2022 Taipei Open came to an end after facing three losses in quarterfinals.
Parupalli Kashyap
Indian campaign ended at the Taipei Open badminton tournament after Parupalli Kashyap and Tanisha Crasto in both women's and mixed doubles suffered narrow defeats in the quarterfinals of the singles and doubles competitions respectively on Friday.
Third seed Kashyap's impressive run ended with a 12-21 21-12 17-21 loss to Soong Joo Ven of Malaysia in a 55-minute match of the Super 300 tournament.
Tanisha and Ishaan also had a disappointing day as she suffered defeats in both the mixed and women's doubles competition.
Seeded sixth the doubles duo, lost 19-21 12-21 to Malaysia's Hoo Pang Ron and Toh Ee Wei in the mixed doubles match that lasted 32 minutes.
The 19-year-old Dubai-born Tanisha then produced a gallant fight with her women's doubles partner Shruti Mishra but couldn't go past Hong Kong's sixth seeds Ng Tsz Yau and Tsang Hiu Yan, losing 16-21 22-20 18-21 in just over an hour.
