Ashwini Ponnappa-Sikki Reddy finish runners-up at Denmark Masters

ESBJERG: 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 here.


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.