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Indian men in semis
India men\'s impressive run in the Badminton Asia Team Championships continued as the hosts booked a semifinal berth with a hard fought 3-2 win over former champions Malaysia, but women\'s team bowed out after a 0-3 loss to Korea here on Friday.
Hyderabad: India men's impressive run in the Badminton Asia Team Championships continued as the hosts booked a semifinal berth with a hard fought 3-2 win over former champions Malaysia, but women's team bowed out after a 0-3 loss to Korea here on Friday.
With this victory, the Indian men's team has qualified for the Thomas Cup, to be played in May this year. The Badminton Asia Team Championships also serve as a qualifier for Thomas and Uber Cup. India will now take on Indonesia in the semifinals on Saturday.
HS Prannoy beat Teck Zhi Soo 21-12, 22-20 in a tense match to put India in the semifinals. Earlier, India's captain Kidambi Srikanth, who remained unbeaten in the group matches, was in his elements once again in the first singles match as he hardly broke a sweat in his 21-14, 21-15 win against Malaysia's Zulfadli Zulkiffli, who is ranked 38.
India's pair of Manu Attri and Sumeet Reddy beat Juan Shen Low-Kiang Meng Tan 10-21, 22-20, 21-16 in the first doubles match of the tie.
Jayaram made several unforced errors and he eventually lost 21-17, 12-21, 16-21 to Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin, who is ranked 39. In the second doubles, Indian combine of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar went down fighting to Malaysia's duo of Yew Sin Ong and Ee Yi Tieo 14-21, 21-14, 12-21.
However, it was a heartbreak for the Indian women, who came a cropper in the absence of star player Saina Nehwal.
India's rising shuttler PV Sindhu, ranked world number 12, fought a bitter battle before losing her singles match 21-13, 21-14 to Korea's Ji Hyun Sung (ranked world number 6).
India's star doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa fought hard in the first doubles but went down 21-15, 20-22, 21-13 to Kyung Eun Jung-Seung Chan Shin of Korea. In the second singles, Korea's Yeon Ju Bae, ranked 14, trounced India's PC Thulasi, ranked 11-21, 21-14, 21-15.
