Rituparna loses in semi-finals of Prague Open

PRAGUE (Czech Republic): Polish Open winner, Rituparna Das failed to reach her second final in two weeks after her fight ended with a three-game loss against Denmark's Natalia Koch Rohde at the $17,500 Prague

Open International Challenge

, here today.

The young shuttler from West Bengal bounced back from a game down but could not go the distance in the end as she lost 12-21 21-14 14-21 to Natalia in the women's singles clash that lasted 42 minutes.

Ripuparna had hogged the limelight at the 78th

ATS Senior National Badminton

championship when she reached the finals before losing to two-time World championship bronze medallist PV Sindhu.