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Ashmita, Rakshitha set up all-Indian Korea Masters semi
Ashmita Chaliha and Rakshitha Sree SR will face each other in an all-Indian women's singles semifinal at the Korea Masters. Ashmita upset top seed Hina Akechi of Japan in a three-game quarterfinal…
The Story in Brief
Ashmita Chaliha and Rakshitha Sree SR will face each other in an all-Indian women's singles semifinal at the Korea Masters. Ashmita upset top seed Hina Akechi of Japan in a three-game quarterfinal that lasted over an hour. Rakshitha stunned Chinese Taipei Open champion Tanvi Sharma in another closely fought quarterfinal lasting more than an hour.
The winner will meet Han Qian Xi or Kim Ga Ram in the final. The men's doubles pair of Pruthvi K Roy and Krishna Prasad G lost to Malaysia's Man Wei Chong and Soh Wooi Yik in their quarterfinal.
The Indian Opinion
The buzz around an 'all-Indian' semi hides a modest reality: these are BWF World Tour Super 300 matches, not Olympic gold bouts. Neither shuttler has a top-10 ranking yet. The real test is whether the winner can beat Han Qian Xi or Kim Ga Ram in the final, a victory that would actually move the needle for Indian women's singles depth.
Source: deccanherald.com
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