It was a broken heart for the ranks of ranking and Chirag Shetty because Indian young couples fell from the Olympics despite winning their last group match against British troops Ben Lane and Sean Vendy 21-17, 21-19 in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Three teams – India, Taipei China and Indonesia – won two matches each but on a better average game, the Taipei and Indonesian team managed to reach the quarter-finals of the ‘A’ group.
Five minutes before Indians played the United Kingdom team, Lee’s third seed and Wang Chi-Lin from Taipei shocked the world No.
1 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo from Indonesia 21-18, 15-21, 21-17.
Many Disappointment of Indians, the match became three matches.
Having a match closed in two matches, Indians can get the opportunity to qualify for the next stage.
Indonesia won five matches and lost two, Taipei won five matches and lost three while India won four matches and lost three.
Indonesia will go beyond the group in front of Taipei.
Despite loss, Indians provide good accounts about themselves and can leave Tokyo in a high tone when they surprise the Taipei team.
The latter expelled the world number 1 team on Monday.