Easton and Tolman surge into Super 100 final in India

Mixed doubles duo Rory Easton and Lizzie Tolman enjoyed a brilliant run to the final of the Yonex-Sunrise Guwahati Masters.

The English pair excelled in claiming four victories at the BWF World Tour Super 100 event, staged in the Indian state of Assam.

They began by peeling off three wins over Indian pairings, including a particularly impressive 21-11 19-21 21-12 success against highly-rated third seeds Rohan Kapoor and Gadde Ruthvika Shivani in the first round.

Easton and Tolman then found top form to stage a rousing comeback in the semi-final.

They claimed a hard-earned 17-21 21-16 21-10 triumph over sixth seeds Jin Yu Jia and Hee Yong Kai Terry of Hong Kong to reach a BWF World Tour final together for the first time.

The excellent Chinese pairing of Zhang Han Yu and Bao Li Ying proved their undoing at the final hurdle, as they ran out 21-15 21-16 winners in 40 minutes.

It was still a memorable campaign for Easton and Tolman, who are building momentum having won twice at Super 300 level at the Syed Modi International, earlier in the Indian swing of the World Tour.

Easton also tasted victory as third seed in the men’s doubles draw alongside Alex Green, but their campaign came to an end at the Round of 16 stage.

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