Mulheim, Mar 1 (UNI) India’s campaign at the German Open 2025 came to an end as Paris 2024 Olympian Tanisha Crasto and her mixed doubles partner Dhruv Kapila bowed out in the semifinals here on Saturday.
The Indian duo, ranked 30th in the BWF mixed doubles rankings, put up a valiant fight but fell short against the newly-formed Indonesian pair of Rehan Kusharjanto and Gloria Widjaja, losing 25-23, 10-21, 21-15.
Tanisha and Dhruv started strongly, racing to a 4-2 lead in the opening game. However, the experienced Indonesian pair, with world No. 10 Gloria Widjaja and 26th-ranked Rehan Kusharjanto, fought back to take a 12-7 advantage.
The Indian pair showed resilience, winning five consecutive points to level the score at 12-12. They saved four game points before eventually conceding on the fifth.
The Indian shuttlers came out aggressively in the second game and capitalised on their momentum to establish a five-point lead at the mid-game interval. They maintained their dominance to clinch the game comfortably, forcing a decider.
In the final game, both pairs were locked in a tense battle, with Tanisha and Dhruv holding a slender one-point advantage at the interval. However, with the score tied at 13-13, the Indonesians upped their tempo and claimed five consecutive points to secure their place in the final.
Earlier, in the quarterfinals of this BWF Super 300 event, Tanisha and Dhruv had outplayed China’s Gao Jia Xuan and Wu Meng Ying in straight games.
Meanwhile, India’s singles campaign ended on Friday as men’s shuttler Tharun Mannepalli and women’s singles players Unnati Hooda, Rakshitha Ramraj, and Tasnim Mir suffered defeats in their respective matches.
The Indian badminton contingent will now shift focus to the Orleans Masters BWF Super 300 tournament in France, commencing next week.
