And with that loss, the Dutch Open campaign comes to an end for Indian shuttlers.
That was quite a decent effort from the Indian pair despite the final result not going their way. Quite a promising show considering the fact that they are playing regularly for just three tournaments.This bodes well for the future. Many more good things are definitely going to come their way in the near future.
Good evening and welcome to the Sportskeeda liveblog of the Dutch Open 2017 semi-final. No Indian has reached the final of any Grand Prix event this year and Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy are looking to become the first Indians to do so.
In just their third tournament together since forming a regular partnership, they have made it to the semi-finals of a Grand Prix tournament. They have shown excellent co-ordination throughout the tournament. They qualified for this tournament and started off their main draw journey by upsetting the seventh seeds Robin Tabeling and Cheryl Seinen in the very first round.
Can they keep it going by showing the exit door to the eighth seeds Lauren Smith and Marcus Ellis in this match?