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.