Chennai, February 15 India's Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade finished as runners-up in mixed doubles after they lost to Romanian second seeds Eduard Ionescu and Bernadette Szocs in the final at the WTT Star Contender Chennai here on Sunday.
Desai and Ghorpade lost 0-3 (9-11, 2-11, 8-11), marking the best finish for an Indian pair in the four editions of the WTT event.
Meanwhile, Czechia's Lubomir Jancarik continued his impressive run in the competition as he defeated South Korea's Park Ganghyeon 3-2 (13-15, 11-7, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9), setting up a clash against French fifth seed Thibault Poret, who is aiming for a double title after winning the men's doubles title here with Flavien Coton.
The women's singles final will be an all-Japanese affair between top seed Satsuki Odo and 15th seed Miu Hirano.
