Aarhus (Denmark): Indian Women’s Badminton Team fell from the Uber Cup after losing in Japan in the quarter-finals on Thursday while men complete their group involvement in the Thomas Cup with defeat to China.
The men’s team, who had reached the quarter-finals, suffered a 1-4 defeat in their last group match, registering them against Denmark in the last eight stages on Friday.
Compete without top stars such as the P v Sindhu Olympic medalist and hampered by forced over-by-injury to Saina Nehwal, Indian women were guided by their Japanese opponents, who claimed the tie by building a 3-0 profit.
Malvika Bansod does not match WORLD No.
5 Akane Yamaguchi when he lost 12-21 17-21 in the first match which lasted 34 minutes.
Tanisha Carsto’s pair and Rutaparna Panda then suffered a defeat of 8-21 10-21 against the duo Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto because Japan took 2-0.
It was the same story for Aditi Bhatt because he was rotated 16-21 7-21 in just 29 minutes in the second single by Sayaka Takahashi because Japan sealed the best tie of five.
In the Thomas Cup match, only a double pair of Satwikaraja ranked and Chirag Shetty can manage victory in the tie of the male team championship when they beat him Ji Ting and Zhou Hao Dong 21-14 21-14 in a 41 minute contest.
Winning with rankings and Duo Shetty encouraged the belief of the Indian team after Srikanth Kidambi who struggled to start the day for India with a loss of 12-21 16-21 for Shi Yu Qi in 36 minutes.
Sameer Verma gave a difficult battle for Lu Guang Ju but finally lost his single matching 21-14 9-21 22-24 after an hour and 23 minutes when India trailed 1-2.
Other double pairs from Mr Arjun and Dhruv Kapila fell 24-26 19-21 to Liu Cheng and Wang Yi Lyu in 52 minutes before Kiran George lost to Li Shi Feng 15-21 17-21 in a 43 minute single match.
The defeat against China was the first for men’s team in the tournament.
It has defeated the Netherlands 5-0 on Sunday before telling the victory against Tahiti by an identical margin on Tuesday to qualify for the Thomas Cup quarterfinal for the first time since 2010.
Indian woman bowed from the Uber Cup after losing to Japan in Quarters
