: Odisha Open: Unnati Hooda, Smit Toshniwal stun Malvika Bansod, Ashmita Chaliha to set up final #IndiaNEWS Teenager Unnati Hooda kept her calm in a hard-fought straight-game victory over Syed Modi Super

Odisha Open: Unnati Hooda, Smit Toshniwal stun Malvika Bansod, Ashmita Chaliha to set up final #IndiaNEWS
Teenager Unnati Hooda kept her calm in a hard-fought straight-game victory over Syed Modi Super 300 finalist Malvika Bansod to enter the women’s singles final of the Odisha Open in Cuttack on Saturday.Hooda, 14, pipped Malvika 24-22 24-22 in a nail-biting 50-minute semifinal clash at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Indoor Stadium.Bansod has been in good nick recently, having defeated her idol Saina Nehwal at the India Open earlier this month before losing to PV Sindhu in the final of the Syed Modi International last week.She had also defeated junior world No. 1 Tasnim Mir in the pre-quarterfinals here.The win against Bansod would be a huge confidence booster for Hood, who is ranked 418th in the world. Hooda had reached the Indian International Challenge final last year where she had lost to 16-year-old Anupama Upadhyaya. Even given the withdrawals, this is not quite the final I would have seen coming at the start of the week. Smit Toshniwal will be Unnati Hooda’s opponent for the women’s singles titleIn the other women’s singles semifinal, world No. 163 Toshniwal upset fifth seed and higher-ranked Ashmita Chaliha, 21-19 10-21 21-17 in one hour one minute to set up a summit clash with Hooda.Priyanshu Rajawat and Kiran George advanced to the final...Read more

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