Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy finish runners-up at Denmark Masters International Challenge

A pair of Indian women in doubles Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy took second place at the Denmark Masters tournament after narrowly losing to top seeds Amalia Magelund and Freja Ravn from Denmark in the final.

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.