Badminton Asia Team Championship 2024: Indian team loses to China, Face Japan In Quarterfinals

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 The Indian Men’s team went down fighting 2-3 in the last group match against China played at Shah Alam, Malaysia on 15th February 2024.

It was an ideal start for the Indians as HS Prannoy defeated Weng Hong in three games. The first game was a disappointing outing with Indian looking out of sorts losing with scoreline of 6-21. HS Prannoy made a strong comeback into the match fighting back each time he was trailing before winning the second game at 21-18.

The third game was also closely fought encounter as both players fought for each point. It went right down the wire before Prannoy held onto his nerves to win it by 21-19 to give India a 1-0 lead.

Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun went down to Chen Boyang and Liu Yi in the first men’s doubles. Satwik/Chirag was rested ahead of the knockout matches. The first game was a one-sided affair as the Chinese pair won the first game by 21-15. It was a closely fought second game as both pairs fought for each point before the Indian pairing won it by 21-19.

The third game was also closely fought encounter as both pairs fought for each point, but this time Chen and Liu won it by 21-19 to level the scores at 1-1.

Lakshya Sen had an easy outing in the second men’s singles beating Lei Lanxi in straight games by 21-11, 21-16. Sen played with aggression and did not allow any chances to give India a 2-1 lead in the tie.

Suraj Goala and Krishnamurthy Roy suffered a straight-set loss to Ren and Xie. The Indian pairing never looked comfortable against the Chinese by 13-21, 9-21 as Chinese made it 2-2.

Chirag Sen also could not capitalize on the chances of losing to Wang in straight games. Sen showed promise but was unable to put pressure on the Chinese with scoreline of 15-21, 16-21.

The Indian men’s team finished second behind China with Hong Kong losing both games.

Here we look at the schedule of quarterfinals of both men’s and women’s teams in the Badminton Asia Championship 2024.

Men’s

1.      China vs Indonesia

2.      South Korea vs Chinese Taipei

3.      Singapore vs Malaysia

4.      India vs Japan


Women’s

1.      Japan vs China

2.      India vs Hong Kong, China

3.      Malaysia vs Indonesia

4.      Chinese Taipei vs Thailand.


Indian men's team loses to China in Group game, face Japan in Badminton Asia Team Championship 2024 



 

 

 

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