The unseeded pair of Manu Attri and Maneesha lost to Indonesian pair of Widianto and Dilli in straight sets 17-21, 17-21 at the Indian Open Grand prix at Luck nubmber. It was a decent performance by the Indian pair. This was the first after a long time that Indian mixed doubles pair reached the finals of major tournament. Indian pair ranked 540 had a tough challenge to face world rank 4 pair. It was expected to be a cake walk for the Indonesian pair. However the Indian pair did give a reasonable fight
In the first set of the game, the Indonesian pair dominated from the start. The Indian pair committed a lot of mistakes at the beginning. At the interval it was 11-6 in the favor of the Indonesians. After the interval the Indian pair did try to comeback in the game by taking some points with help of crucial shots by Manu Attri to reduce the gap to 20-17. At the end the Indonesian pair won the game 21-17.
The second set followed the same suit as Dilli and Widianto put the Indian pair under pressure. At the interval, it was 11-6 in the favor of the Indonesian pair. In the second set, the Indian pair again did put a good fight taking few points at the end and lost with same margin. The game and the match was won at 21-17 by Indonesian players.
This performance will give the Indian badminton much confidence as the Indian pair defeated top three seed players in this tournament. They have to work on the coordination and placement. Despite losing it was credible performance by the unseeded Indian pair.
In this tournament, no women’s doubles and men’s doubles qualified for the final rounds. So the BAI must work on these aspects for international tournaments.