Guwahati Masters: Errant Tanvi Sharma loses 3rd final of year, this time to Tung Ciou-Tong

Tanvi Sharma once again came short in a final as she went down in the summit clash of Guwahati Masters in Guwahati on Sunday. Making innumerable errors, the 16-year-old went down to Chinese Taipei’s Tung Ciou-Tong, who won 21-18, 21-18 in 47 minutes.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!This was Tanvi’s third final loss of the year after she also went down in the final of BWF World Junior Championships and the US Open earlier this year. And just like in the World Juniors final, the 16-year-old made numerous mistakes. In both the games she was leading at the halfway stage, but she allowed her opponent to claw back on both occasions and earn the win.Especially in the second game, she was leading 13-8 at one point but gave away five consecutive points that allowed Tung to get back into the game. Later, Tanvi composed herself and made it 16-14 but the pressure seemed to get the better of her as she then gave away four points and Tung took a 18-16 lead.Despite that Tanvi kept up the fight and made it 18-20. But, in the end, her opponent did just enough to finally grab the win as Tanvi once again made an error at the net.Earlier in the day, Sanskar Saraswat upset the experienced Mithun Manjunath to clinch the men’s singles title at National Centre of Excellence. Sanskar got the better of the experienced Mithun Manjunath 21-11, 17-21, 21-13 in an all-Indian men’s final.This was Saraswat’s maiden BWF Super 100 win and he would be pleased with the way he played against Manjunath, who made it to the semifinals of Syed Modi International last month.Although Saraswat lost the second game, he completely dominated the first and the third game to grab the win in 50 minutes. In fact, in the third game, he took a 7-0 lead early on to set the tone and never looked back.Although the youngster from Rajasthan used to play at Hyderabad-based Pullela Gopichand Academy, he shifted base to Guwahati, at the National Centre of Excellence, since last year and had upset Syed Modi Open champion Jason Gunawan in the second round.Meanwhile, in men’s doubles, the Indian pair of Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Sai Pratheek K also finished second best after losing 13-21, 18-21 to Malaysia’s Kang Khai Xing and Aaron Tai.The mixed doubles title went to the second-seeded Indonesian pair of Marwan Faza and Aisyah Salsabila Putri Pranata while the duo of Isyana Syahira Meida and Rinjani Kwinnara Nastine, also from Indonesia, took the women’s doubles crown.