{"id":47252,"date":"2026-08-10T04:22:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T22:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/im-hungry-for-more-ashmita-chaliha-after-becoming-first-indian-to-win-the-korea-masters-badminton-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T04:22:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T22:52:53","slug":"im-hungry-for-more-ashmita-chaliha-after-becoming-first-indian-to-win-the-korea-masters-badminton-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/im-hungry-for-more-ashmita-chaliha-after-becoming-first-indian-to-win-the-korea-masters-badminton-news\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I\u2019m hungry for more’: Ashmita Chaliha after becoming first Indian to win the Korea Masters | Badminton News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Ashmita Chaliha beats China’s Han Qian Xi to win Korea Masters title (ANI Image)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Ashmita Chaliha produced the biggest win of her career on Sunday, fighting back from a game down to beat China\u2019s fourth-seeded Han Qian Xi 14-21, 21-14, 21-14 in 53 minutes and win the Korea Masters women\u2019s singles title.The 26-year-old Indian, who was ranked 50th before the tournament, became the first Indian to win the Korea Masters and is now set to break into the world\u2019s top 40 for the first time.Ashmita started the final strongly and led 9-5, but struggled with the drift inside the court and lost the opening game 14-21. She found her rhythm after changing sides and took control of the match in the second and third games.\u201cI feel really great; it\u2019s unbelievable. I\u2019m still trying to digest it,\u201d Ashmita said in a video by Olympics.com.Explaining how she adapted to the conditions, she said, \u201cFirst set was a little bit tricky because of the drift conditions, so I wasn\u2019t able to manage it. But then the second set, the other side is more comfortable, and it\u2019s a little bit less drift. So I was able to control it. In the third set, when I changed again after 11 points, I was on the good side\u2026so I\u2019m glad that I could pull off.\u201dThe title capped an impressive run in Asan. After beating Ririna Hiramoto and Kim Min Ji, Ashmita stunned top seed Hina Akechi in the quarterfinals before defeating compatriot Rakshita Sree Santhosh Ramraj to reach her first BWF World Tour final.<\/p>\n

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Ashmita\u2019s title comes months after she returned from a three-month injury layoff in May. She reached the quarterfinals at the China Masters and Malaysia Masters before making the Macau Open semifinals in June.Her latest achievement has also taken her closer to the world\u2019s top 40, but she is already looking ahead.\u201cI didn\u2019t know this. I feel blessed; thank you to everyone back home for supporting me. I\u2019m hungry for more!,\u201d she added.Ashmita also credited coach Park Tae-Sang, saying, \u201cAll the credit goes to coach Park. Without him, I wouldn\u2019t have been this much energetic.\u201d<\/div>\n


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Ashmita Chaliha beats China’s Han Qian Xi to win Korea Masters title (ANI Image) Ashmita Chaliha produced the biggest win of her career on Sunday, fighting back from a game down to beat China\u2019s fourth-seeded Han Qian Xi 14-21, 21-14, 21-14 in 53 minutes and win the Korea Masters women\u2019s singles title.The 26-year-old Indian, who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t