Gadde in Tata Open final

Gadde in Tata Open final
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Eighth-seeded Ruthvika Shivani Gadde and qualifier Riya Mukherjee, both from India, will contest the women\'s singles final of the $20,000 Tata Open.

Mumbai: Eighth-seeded Ruthvika Shivani Gadde and qualifier Riya Mukherjee, both from India, will contest the women's singles final of the $20,000 Tata Open.

The men's final, also to be held on Sunday at the CCI's badminton hall, will be between sixth seed Lakshya Sen of India and unseeded Sitthikom Thammasin of Thailand.

Later, Riya had to put her best foot forward to down junior national champion Ira Sharma, conqueror of top seed Rituparna Das in the quarter-final, 24-22 11-21 21-19 in the second semi-final lasting 55 minutes.

In the men's semis, Thammasin ended the run of India's Mithun Manjunath by notching up a 22-20 21-6 win in 35 minutes. Later, Sen outplayed second-seeded compatriot Abhishek Yelegar 21-10, 21-12 in 28 minutes.

In the women's semis, SAF Games champion Ruthvika was ruthless in her demolition of Thinaah, who had knocked out third seed Yeo Jia Min of Singapore, and put herself one win away from regaining the title.

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