India Crash Out With 0-3 Loss To Second-String Japan In Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships

HS Prannoy fought valiantly, but India died of a 0-3 defeat against a second-rope Japan in the quarter-final of the mixed team championships asia, ending their campaign on a disappointing note here on Friday. India, the bronze 2023 medalists in Dubai, struggled to find their rhythm and dragged 0-1 after going down in a mixed double. Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto, classified 37th in the world, showed resilience before descending 13-21, 21-17, 13-21 to the world number 12 Hiroki Midorikawa and Natsu Saito.

With the Sindhu PV sidelines due to an injury to the hamstrings, India faced a difficult task against Tomoka Miyazaki, which quickly reached the world number 8 after its triumph at the 2022 junior world championships.

The world’s number 31 Malvika Bansod, working for Sindhu, organized a courageous fight, especially in the second match, but had a hard time matching the control and consistency of his younger and younger opponent 12-21, 19-21, leaving India 0-2 behind.

Everything arrived in Prannoy to maintain India alive, but despite a determined effort, the 32 -year -old man, returning after a long break and fighting with a form of the start of the season, could not support the pressure against the world number 16 Kenta Nishimoto.

The Japanese star sealed the rubber with a victory of 21-14, 15-21, 21-12 in 1 hour and 17 minutes.

India will be disappointed with the loss, especially since Japan has not aligned its full team, with several best absent players.

Japan was champion of the inaugural publishing in 2017 and was a finalist in 2019.

Miyazaki vs Malvika

Miyazaki, leader of the Japanese team of the new look, was clear and precise, quickly switching to an advance of 11-3 after Malvika struck for a long time.

Despite a good net of the left -handed Indian, Miyazaki’s crossed drops and the winners kept Malvika on the back.

Malvika reduced the gap to 12-19, capitalizing on Miyazaki’s unlour errors.

However, two errors from India allowed Japanese to take the first match.

The second match was more competitive because Malvika took an advance of 5-3, engaging in tight gatherings.

She managed a thin advantage of 11-10 after Miyazaki went for a long time.

Malvika remained sharp, not allowing her opponent to freely play his usual drops, going to 17-15.

But Miyazaki retaliated, taking the lead at 18-17 after Malvika went widely.

Miyazaki obtained two match points, and despite Malvika saving one, an error gave the match to the Japanese, leaving India 0-2 in the draw.

Prannoy vs nishimoto ================ in male singles, Prannoy fell behind 4-7 while Nishimoto dominated with inclined yields.

The Indian returned to 8-8 after Nishimoto made a few mistakes, but two unl forced errors gave the Japanese a three-point cushion at the break.

Prannoy maintained the pressure, reducing the gap to 12-13 with a few jump smashs.

However, there was little net game, and Nishimoto jumped in advance by 17-12, winning four consecutive points.

Prannoy gave Nishimoto six points of play with a net error, and another error sealed the first match for Japan.

The second match was intense, Prannoy and Nishimoto equally 6-6.

Two powerful prannoy cross short cross brokes have leveled the scoring at 7-7, followed by a huge roar and a fist pump.

However, a subsequent Smash led to a warning from the referee, asking Prannoy not to celebrate in this way.

Prannoy went to 10-9 after a brilliant net block and took an advance at a point in the break.

A crossed return left Prannoy flat on the ground, and Nishimoto went to 14-12.

However, the Indian erased the deficit to lead 16-15 after winning a long rally.

He then won five match points after Nishimoto sent a wide shot, converting the first to roar in the competition.

In the decision maker, Nishimoto checked the pace to take an advance of 6-0 first.

At 2-8, a shot was called by the referee, to the great frustration of Prannoy while the Japanese took a huge lead from 11-3 to the interval.

The Indian retaliated, pulling errors from Nishimoto to go to 12-15, but the uncrepted errors have slipped again while a lawyer of the transverse court went on net and another net error followed.

Soon he found himself faced with an eight -point deficit.

Nishimoto sealed the match after Prannoy was wide again, guaranteeing Japan’s victory.

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