Badminton Asia Team Championship 2024: Indian Women’s Team Stun China

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 The Indian women’s team stunned favorites and top-seeded China in a thrilling contest played at Shah Alam, Malaysia on 14th February 2024.

PV Sindhu returned to court after a long layoff and showed her class with an impressive straight-sets win over Han Yue. The star Indian shuttler looked in great control and did not her Chinese opponent to win it by 21-17, 21-15 giving India a 1-0 lead in the tie.

The first doubles saw Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto suffer straight-game loss to Liu and Tan. It was an impressive performance by the Indian duo but lost the match by 19-21, 16-21 as Chinese equalled at 1-1.

Asmitha Chaila was completely outplayed by Wang Zhi in two straight games. The Indian lost by 13-21, 15-21 giving China a 2-1 lead.

The pairing of Tressa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand produced a stunning performance defeating Li and Luo of China in three games. Tressa and Gayatri lost the first game comfortably by 10-21. Indian pairing showed great fight and courage to win the next two games with scorelines of 21-18 and 21-17 to level the tie at 2-2.

16-year-old Anmol Kharab showed great fighting spirit to defeat Wu Luo in three games. The first game was a closely fought encounter as both players fought for each point before the Indian held onto her nerves to win it 22-20. The second game was one-sided affair as Chinese won by 21-14 to force it a decider.

The third game saw both players taking alternate points making life tough for each other. After the break also, it was toe-toe-to-contest that went right down the wire. 16-year-old Anmol held onto her nerves and won the third game 21-18 to register an upset 3-2 victory over China. With this win, India will finish top while China finish 2nd. Anmol was the 479 ranked player in the world while Luo at 149.



 

 





Indian Women's team qualify for the quarterfinals of Badminton Asia Team Championship 2024 

 

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