PV Sindhu, Priyanshu Rajawat Lose; Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto Pair Enters Quarterfinals Of Badminton Asia Championships
India’s campaign ended with the events of male and female singles.© Bai
The double Olympic medalist PV Sindhu and the promising Priyanshu Rajawat collapsed in the pre-district of their respective events at the badminton championships in Asia on Thursday. Sindhu, 29, ranked 17th in the world, fought hard before lowering 12-21 21-16 16-21 to the world number four and third head of Akane Yamaguchi from Japan in a single female who lasted an hour and six minutes. Rajawat lost in right matches 14-21 17-21 against the number seven worldwide and the fifth head of Kodai Naraoka of Japan in the male competition in single.
It was also curtains for Kiran George during the simple male event, because he lost 21-19 13-21 16-21 against the number five and fifth head of Kunlavut Vitidsarn from Thailand.
India’s campaign ended with the events of male and female singles.
However, the pair of mixed doubles of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto entered the quarterfinals, beating Ye Hong Wei and Nicole Gonzales Chan of Chinese Taipei 12-21 21-16 21-18.
Kapila and Crasto will then face the fifth seeds Chun Man Tang and Ying Suet Tse of Hong Kong.
But the other pair of double Indian mixeds from Ashith Surya and Amrutha Pramureshshst left after losing 11-21 14-21 against the head of Jiang Zhen Bang and Wei Ya Xin of China.
Later in the day, Hariharan Amsakarunan and Kumar Rethinasabapathi ribbon will face the sixth Malaysian duo of Aaron Chia and Woo Yik Soh in the competition in male double.
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