The Indian males’s badminton crew, who’ve reached the quarter-finals, suffered a defeat by the hands of China of their final group match of the Thomas Cup right here on Thursday.
The Indians thus ended their group engagement in second place behind China, organising in opposition to Denmark within the last-eight leg on Friday.
Only the doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty may win the tie in opposition to China as they defeated He Ji Ting and Zhou Hao Dong 21-14, 21-14 in a 41-minute match.
Rankireddy and Shetty’s win boosted the Indian crew’s confidence as Kidambi Srikanth opened the day for India with a 12-21 16-21 loss to Xi Yu Kei in 36 minutes.
Sameer Verma gave a tricky combat to Lu Guang Ju however ultimately misplaced his singles match 21-149-21 22-24 after an hour and 23 minutes as India trailed 1-2.
The different doubles pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila misplaced 24-26, 19-21 to Liu Cheng and Wang Yi Liu in 52 minutes, earlier than Kiran George 15-21 17-21 to Li Shi Feng in a 43-minute singles match. misplaced to. .
The loss in opposition to China was the lads’s crew’s first defeat within the event.
It beat the Netherlands 5-0 earlier than profitable in opposition to Tahiti by an equal margin on Tuesday to qualify for the Thomas Cup quarter-finals for the primary time since 2010.
The ladies’s crew performs in opposition to Japan in an Uber Cup quarter-final match later within the day.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
