Ruthvika, Siril enter final of Russia Open

VLADIVOSTOK (RUSSIA): Indian shuttlers Ruthvika Shivani Gadde and Siril Verma continued their impressive run to storm into the final of women’s and men’s singles

VLADIVOSTOK (RUSSIA): Indian shuttlers Ruthvika Shivani Gadde and Siril Verma continued their impressive run to storm into the final of women’s and men’s singles at the Russian Open Grand Prix on Saturday. Fourth seed Ruthvika stunned local favourite and second seed Ksenia Polikarpova 22-20, 21-13 in the semifinal. The 18-year-old Indian will take on another Russian Evgeniya Kosetskaya in the summit clash. In men’s singles, Siril Verma defeated Russian Anatoliy Yartsev to book his place in the final. He will face top seed Zulfadli Zulkiffli of Malaysia in the final.

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