Tanisha Crasto

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Tanisha Crasto
Personal information
CountryBahrain (2013–2016)
United Arab Emirates (2017)
India (2018–present)
Born (2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 (age 20)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates[1]
ResidenceHyderabad, India
Years active2016-present
HandednessRight
CoachPullela Gopichand
Arun Vishnu
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking20 (WD with Ashwini Ponnappa 16 January 2024)
18 (XD with Ishaan Bhatnagar 3 January 2023)
Current ranking21 (WD with Ashwini Ponnappa),
97 (XD with K. Sai Pratheek) (16 April 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  India
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Dubai Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Selangor Women's team
BWF profile

Tanisha Crasto (born 5 May 2003) is an Indian badminton player from the United Arab Emirates. She formerly represented Bahrain and won the women's doubles event at the 2016 Bahrain International Challenge.[2][3]

Early life[edit]

Crasto was born in Dubai to Indian parents Tulip and Clifford Crasto from Goa and attended The Indian High School, Dubai.[1][4][5]

Career[edit]

UAE and Bahrain[edit]

In 2013, Crasto made her international debut for Bahrain in junior tournaments[6] and won her first major BWF international title representing Bahrain at the 2016 Bahrain International Challenge tournament partnered with Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella.[7][8][9] She is ranked among the top UAE based badminton players.[10][11] She also became the youngest winner of the UAE Open tournament.[12]

In 2017, when she was 14 years old while representing UAE, she created history by winning the Indian Club UAE Open tournament in the women's singles event after beating Negin Amiripour of Iran.[13][14] She was also part of the Prime Star Sports Academy club that won the Shuttle Time Dubai Club Badminton Championship.[15]

India[edit]

In 2018, after participating in the Gulf-based tournaments, she shifted to India representing Goa in the Indian tournaments.[8][1][16][17][18][excessive citations] She represented India in the 2019 Badminton Asia Junior Championships and the 2018 and 2019 BWF World Junior Championships.[19]

In 2021, Crasto joined the India national badminton team and participated in the Uber Cup and Sudirman Cup tournaments.[20] She was the runners-up in the mixed doubles event while partnering with Ishaan Bhatnagar at the 2021 Scottish Open.[21][22][23]

In 2022, Crasto played her first ever BWF World Tour Super 500 event at the India Open, participating in both the women's doubles (with Rutaparna Panda) and the mixed doubles (with Ishaan Bhatnagar) events. However, she and her respective partners lost in the first rounds of both disciplines, going down to fourth seeds Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsaard in the women's doubles and compatriots Gayathri Gopichand and Sai Pratheek K in the mixed doubles. In her next tournament, the 2022 Syed Modi International, she participated in the mixed doubles, where she and Ishaan Bhatnagar clinched their maiden Super 300 title, beating compatriots Srivedya Gurazada and T. Hema Nagendra Babu in the final.[24]

Achievements[edit]

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 2 runners-up)[edit]

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[25] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[26]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Abu Dhabi Masters Super 100 India Ashwini Ponnappa Denmark Julie Finne-Ipsen
Denmark Mai Surrow 		21–16, 16–21, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Syed Modi International Super 300 India Ashwini Ponnappa Japan Rin Iwanaga
Japan Kie Nakanishi 		14–21, 21–17, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Guwahati Masters Super 100 India Ashwini Ponnappa Chinese Taipei Sung Shuo-yun
Chinese Taipei Yu Chien-hui 		21–13, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Odisha Masters Super 100 India Ashwini Ponnappa Indonesia Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari
Indonesia Rachel Allessya Rose 		14–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Syed Modi International Super 300 India Ishaan Bhatnagar India T. Hema Nagendra Babu
India Srivedya Gurazada 		21–16, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Odisha Masters Super 100 India Dhruv Kapila Singapore Terry Hee
Singapore Jessica Tan 		17–21, 21–19, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 3 runners-up)[edit]

Representing Bahrain Bahrain[edit]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Bahrain International Challenge Indonesia Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella India Farha Mather
India Ashna Roy 		21–12, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Representing India India[edit]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 India International Challenge India Rutaparna Panda India Treesa Jolly
India Gayatri Gopichand 		21–23, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Nantes International India Ashwini Ponnappa Chinese Taipei Hung En-tzu
Chinese Taipei Lin Yu-pei 		21–15, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 India International Challenge India Ishaan Bhatnagar India K. Sai Pratheek
India Gayatri Gopichand 		21–16, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Scottish Open India Ishaan Bhatnagar England Callum Hemming
England Jessica Pugh 		15–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Nantes International India K. Sai Pratheek Denmark Mads Vestergaard
Denmark Christine Busch 		21–14, 14–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (2 titles, 1 runner-up)[edit]

Girls' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Bulgarian Junior International India Aditi Bhatt Turkey Bengisu Erçetin
Turkey Zehra Erdem 		21–15, 18–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Dubai Junior International India Aditi Bhatt India Treesa Jolly
India Vishwanath Sri 		21–17, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 India Junior International India Ishaan Bhatnagar Thailand Benyapa Aimsaard
Thailand Ratchapol Makkasasithorn 		12–21, 22–20, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  13. ^ "Teenager creates history in oldest badminton event". Gulf News. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
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  21. ^ Nayar, KR (1 December 2021). "Tanisha-Ishaan settle for silver in Scotland". O Heraldo.
  22. ^ "Goa's Tanisha wins Silver at Scottish Open Badminton". The Goan. 1 December 2021.
  23. ^ Nayse, Suhas (5 December 2021). "Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto lose in mixed doubles semis". Sportskeeda.
  24. ^ Naik, Shivani (24 January 2022). "Syed Modi International: Tanisha-Ishaan display chemistry to secure mixed doubles crown". Indian Express.
  25. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  26. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links[edit]

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