Abu Dhabi Masters Badminton 2025: Three Indians Into The Finals
It was a
great day for the Indian shuttlers as three of them made into the finals of the
Super 100 Abu Dhabi Masters tournament played at Abu Dhabi on 4th
October 2025.
The women’s
section saw Shriyanshi Valishetty cruise past her Indonesian opponent Chiara
Marvella Handoyo in two straight games. Valishetty dominated Chiara right from
the word go putting her opponent under pressure with scoreline of 21-11, 21-12
to move into the finals.
The sixth
seeded Tasnim Mir went past her Turkish opponent Neshilan Arin in three games. Arin
showed her class in the first game putting Mir under immense pressure to win
the first game comfortably at 21-9. Mir fought back strongly with dominating
21-17, 21-10 win in next two games to make an all-Indian final.
Kidambi
Srikanth went down fighting to second seeded Adil Seoh of Malaysia in three
games. The first game saw Adil produced a dominating performance not allowing
any chances for Srikanth with commanding 21-4 scoreline.
Srikanth made
a strong comeback with dominating performance in the 2nd game
winning with comfortable scoreline of 21-11 to force match into decider. The third
game was a closely fought affair right from word go before Adil Seoh held onto
his nerves to win with 21-19 scoreline.
The men’s
doubles section saw Hariharan Amsakarunan and Arjun MR enter into the finals
with three game win over Wesley Koh and Junsuke Kubo of Indonesia.
The first
game was a closely fought affair right from the word go with both pairs taking
alternate points before Koh and Kubo held onto their nerves to win at 22-20. Amsakarunan
and MR Arjun stormed into the match with some lovely badminton putting the
Indonesian pair under pressure winning next two games by 21-14, 21-16 to move
into finals.
Amsakarunan
and MR Arjun would look to go for glory as they will face Raymond Indra and
Nikolaus Joaquin of Indonesia in the finals tomorrow.
Results of
Indian shuttlers Semi-finals (Super 100 Abu Dhabi Masters)
1. Shriyanshi Valishetty defeated
Chiara Marvella Handoyo (Women’s Singles)- 21-11, 21-12
2. Tasnim Mir defeated Neshilan Arin
(Women’s Singles)- 9-21, 21-17, 21-10
3. Kidambi Srikanth lost to Adil Seoh
(Men’s Singles)- 4-21, 21-11, 19-21
4. Hariharan Amsakarunan/MR Arjun defeated
Wesley Koh/Kubo (Men’s Doubles)- 20-22, 21-14, 21-16.
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