Indian badminton star Ashmita Chaliha (Twitter)
Ashmita Chaliha defeated Russia’s fifth seed and world number 28 Evgenia Kosetskaya 24-22, 21-16 in the first round of the India Open.
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India’s Ashmita Chaliha overcame her anxiety and a late battle with her opponent by defeating fifth seed and world number 28 Evgenia Kosetskaya of Russia 24-22, 21-16 in the opening round of the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2022. Found, which is part of it. HSBC BWF World Tour 500 Tournament Series at KD Jadhav Indoor Hall on Tuesday.
Chaliha got off to a strong start in the opening game using line smashes to take an 11-5 lead and looked comfortable against the tall Russian. However, he started making a lot of mistakes after the break and Kosetsyaka scored 14-14 to level first and then struggled again 16-19 to earn his first game point.
But the Guwahati-girl, who lost to the Russian in their earlier encounter in 2019, managed to regroup herself in time to force the Russian to commit an unforced error and then end the game with a smash. Saved two more game points before winning.
The second game followed a similar pace as Chaliha took an 11-4 lead only to close out the Russian 19-16. However, the Indian was more in control this time around and kept calm under pressure to finish the match in 31 minutes.
“I haven’t played a lot of matches in the last few years. So, I was nervous and it affected me in the middle of the opening game. But once I won the first game, I was more confident and so I was resting in the second game,” she said after the match.
She will now face France’s Yale Hoyaux who defeated India’s Riya Mukherjee.
In other bouts of the day, K Sai Prateek and Gayatri Gopichand beat Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Castro 21-16, 16-21, 21-17, while men’s doubles top seeds Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan opened their campaign to victory. done with. Started by defeating Prem Singh Chauhan and Rajesh Verma 21-18, 21-10.
In the women’s doubles first round match, former junior national champions Ritika Thacker and Simran Singh defeated Ukraine’s Maria Stolyarenko and Yelizaveta Zarka 14-21, 22-20, 21-19 after losing the opening game to reach the second round. . ,
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