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Badminton: Ashwini-Sikki finishes runners-up at Denmark Masters International Challenge

The 2nd-seed Indian pair squandered an opening game advantage to lose 21-15, 19-21, 14-21 to top seeds Amalie Magelund and Freja Ravn of Denmark.

sshwini Ponnappa , N Sikki Reddy, Image Source : GETTY IMAGESFile photo of Ashwini Ponnappa (left) with N Sikki Reddy.

Indian women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy finished runners-up at the Denmark Masters after going down narrowly against top seeds Amalie Magelund and Freja Ravn of Denmark in the final in Esbjerg.

The Indian pair, seeded second, squandered an opening game advantage to lose 21-15 19-21 14-21 to the Danish combination in just under an hour's contest.

Among other Indians, Lakshya Sen had lost in the semi-finals to France's Christo Popov, while his brother Chirag Sen and Subhankar Dey, seeded fourth, bowed out at the quarter-final stages.

In women's singles, Aakarshi Kashyap was the most impressive but lost the semi-final to fourth seed Dane Julie Dawall Jakobsen.