Aakarshi, Tanya lose, Indian challenge ends in Canada Open

Tanya Hemnath and Aakarshi Kashyap lost their women’s singles second-round matches to draw the curtains to the Indian challenge at the Canada Open here.

Tanya lost to third seed Riko Gunji of Japan 11-21 11-21 in 31 minutes, while Aakarshi went down fighting to fourth seed Beiwen Zhang of the USA 22-20 17-21 17-21 in the second-round match that lasted one hour and seven minutes.

Earlier, Tanya had prevailed 21-16 21-18 over USA’s Disha Gupta in the opening round, while Aakarshi saw off Anna Tatranova of France 21-14 21-12.

With the ouster of Tanya and Aakarshi, the Indian challenge ended at the Super 300 tournament.