Indian shuttlers went down to South Korea 2-3 in a Group D tie of the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship, but they had already made it to the quarterfinal after finishing second in the pool in Qingdao on Thursday. (More Badminton News)
⛦ India, who had made a sizzling start on Wednesday defeating Macau 5-0, fought till the very end before the men's doubles pair of M.R. Arjun and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy lost the deciding rubber in straight games to Jin Yong and NA Sung Seung.
💜 The mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto started the proceedings by winning opening game 21-11, but lost the next two 12-21, 15-21 to go down in 56 minutes.
✱ India's top-seeded women's player here Malvika Bansod found world No. 19 Sim Yu Jin a very tough opponent to handle, as the youngster, runner-up in the 2022 edition of the Syed Modi International, went down without a fight 9-21, 10-21 in just 27 minutes.
𒁏 Chennai shuttler Sathish Karunakaran, however, pulled one back following a hard-fought win over Cho Geonyeop 17-21, 21-18, 21-19 in one hour 12 minutes, before the women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, ranked ninth in the world, brought India on an even keel following a 19-21, 21-16, 21-11 win over Kim Min Ji and Kim Yu Jung.
꧅ The deciding fifth game, saw the men's doubles pair of M.R. Arjun and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy fight tooth and nail before losing to Sung Seung and Jin Yong 14-21, 15-23 in 53 minutes.
ꦺ On Wednesday Chirag Shetty had paired up with Arjun to prevail over Chin Pon Pui and Kok Wen Vong of Macau in men's doubles.
