Talented Indian shuttler Tanisha Crasto registered straight-game wins to enter the quarter-finals of women&rsquo;s and mixed doubles competition at the Taipei Open Super 300 tournament here on Thursday.
Former <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/Commonwealth+Games-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Commonwealth Games</a> gold medallist <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/parupalli+kashyap-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Parupalli Kashyap</a> also entered the Last-8 round, but Mithun Manjunath and Kiran George missed out after suffering narrow defeats in the men&rsquo;s singles second round.
Tanisha and Ishaan Bhatnagar, seeded sixth, beat Chinese Taipei&rsquo;s Cheng Kai Wen and Wang Yu Qiao 21-14, 21-17 to enter the mixed doubles quarter-finals. Also Read: <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/pr-sreejesh-has-a-big-role-to-play-former-india-hockey-skipper-viren-rasquinha-23237125" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">PR Sreejesh has a big role to play: former India hockey skipper Viren Rasquinha</a>
Dubai-born Tanisha, who had represented Bahrain in her junior days, then combined with Shruti Mishra to get the better of local hope Jia Yin Lin and Lin Yu-Hao 21-14, 21-8 in a women&rsquo;s doubles second round tie.
On a comeback trial, Kashyap, seeded third, prevailed 21-10, 21-19 over Chinese Taipei&rsquo;s Chia Hao Lee to set up a clash against Malaysia&rsquo;s Soong Joo Ven. In other results, Mithun and Kiran suffered heart-breaking losses, while Priyanshu Rajawat too failed to cross the second round hurdle.
Mithun went down 24-22, 5-21, 17-21 to Japan&rsquo;s fourth seed Kodai Naraoka. Odisha Open champion Kiran&rsquo;s gallant fight ended with a 21-23, 21-16, 7-21 loss to top seed and World No.4 Chou Tien Chen.
Priyanshu suffered a 19-21, 13-21 loss to Chen Chi Ting of Chinese Taipei.
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Former Commonwealth Games gold medallist Parupalli Kashyap also entered the Last-8 round, but Mithun Manjunath and Kiran George missed out after suffering narrow defeats in the men’s singles second round

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