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India's Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto defeated People's Republic of China's Gao Jia Xuan and Wu Meng Ying in straight games to enter the semi-finals of the German Open 2025 badminton tournament on Friday.
Paris Olympics 2024 star Tanisha Crasto and her mixed doubles partner Dhruv Kapila produced a brilliant performance to defeat the Chinese pair 21-14, 21-17 in just 30 minutes.
Kapil-Crasto only Indian left in the tournament
Kapila and Crasto have kept India's hopes alive at the German Open 2025, all eyes will be on their semi-final clash as they aim to make the final.
They will now take on Indonesia's Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja in the semi-finals.
Indian pair took the first game
Kapila and Crasto made a great start and took an 11-2 lead in the opening game.
Although Gao and Wu made a brief comeback to reduce the lead to 13-10, the Indian pair quickly established their dominance to take the first game.
The second game proved to be a tough match, with the Chinese pair putting up strong resistance.
However, Kapila and Crasto held their nerve to win and book a place in the semi-finals.
Unnati Hooda lost
Meanwhile, in the men's singles, India's Tharun Mannepalli, ranked 59th in the world, crashed out of the German Open 2025 tournament after losing a tough match 16-21, 21-17, 21-8 to third seed Toma Popov of France.
In the women's singles category, world number 64 Unnati Hooda suffered defeat after a marathon battle against 41st ranked Riko Gunji of Japan.
Hooda won the first game 21-15 but lost match points in the next two games and eventually lost 15-21, 25-23, 24-22.
India's Rakshitha Sree Ramraj and Tasnim Mir also bowed out after losing in the women's singles category.
Ramraj lost 12-21, 12-21 against fourth seed Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark, while Mir retired against Thuy Linh Nguyen of Vietnam.
Mir was trailing 19-21, 21-12, 0-7 before losing the match.