Returning from injury, Krittwika wins silver, bronze in Turkey – Times of India

Ahmedabad: Paddler Krittwika Sinha Roy, who missed the 2023 season to injury, won a silver and a bronze medal at the WTT Feeder Cappadocia 2024, Turkey. In the women’s doubles event, Roy teamed up with Poymantee Baisya and beat ninth seed Valentina Roncallo and Nikoleta Stefanova of Italy 3-0 in the quarters and then went on to crush India’s Yashashvi Ghorpade and Germany’s Franziska Schreiner pair 3-0 to storm into the final. In the summit clash, the Indian pair lost 0-3 (1-11, 3-11, 8-11) to Honoka Hashimoto and Hitomi Sato of Japan to settle for the silver medal. In the singles event, Krittwikam, who is ranked world no. 337, cleaned up world no. 104 Audrey Zarif of France 3-0 in the round of 32.She then upset world no. 51 Li Yu-Jhun of Taiwan 3-2 to storm into the quarters where she eased past world no. 165 Veronika Matiunina of Ukraine 3-0 to enter her maiden semis in WTT Feeder tournaments. Krittiwika went down to world no. 82 Satsuki Odoof Japan 0-3 (2-11, 6-11, 4-11) in the semi-final. tnn

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