Qingdao [China], February 4 (ANI): Indian males overcame a powerful problem from Singapore, whereas the ladies dominated Myanmar of their opening group stage encounters to guarantee themselves of a quarterfinal spot within the Badminton Asia Team Championships being performed in Qingdao, China, on Wednesday, in line with a launch.
The males’s Group C conflict between India and Singapore went all the way down to the wire, with former world #1 Kidambi Srikanth arising with a scientific efficiency within the third males’s singles towards Jia Wei Joel Koh 21-15, 21-16 to make sure that the Indian males’s crew started their marketing campaign with a win and warranted themselves of a final eight spot, as Singapore had misplaced their first group sport towards Japan 1-4.
India’s marketing campaign didn’t get off to the specified begin, as Lakshya Sen went down 21-16, 19-21, 21-16 towards former world champion Loh Kean Yew. But Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty resoted parity with a 21-10, 21-8 win over Eng Keat Wesley Koh and Junsuke Kubo 21-10, 21-8 and Ayush Shetty then defeated Jia Heng Jason Teh 21-17, 21-15 to offer India the lead.
The second doubles mixture of Pruthvi Roy and Okay Sai Pratheek nearly sealed the match for India as they simply received the opening sport towards Nge Joo Jie and Donovan Willand Wee earlier than taking place 21-8, 21-23, 20-22. This meant that Srikanth needed to discover a method to beat Koh, and the skilled campaigner did that in model.
In the ladies’s match, defending champions India didn’t break any sweat towards Myanmar with world junior championship silver medallist Tanvi Sharma opening the account with a 21-13, 21-16 win over Thet Htar Thuzar after which the crew sweeping all remaining two singles and each the doubles matches.
They will now face Thailand within the second group sport on Thursday to determine the group winner.
Results:
Women Group Y: India bt Myanmar 5-0 (Tanvi Sharma bt Thet Htar Thuzar 21-13, 21-16; Rakshitha Sree bt Eaint Chit Phoo 21-12, 21-6; Malvika Bansod bt Lin Lin Htet 21-9, 21-12; Priya Konjengbam/SHruti Mishra bt Su Latt/Thuzar 21-15, 21-16; Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand bt Htet/Phoo 21-8, 21-6)
Men Group C: India bt Singapore 3-2 (Lakshya Sen misplaced to Loh Kean Yew 16-21, 21-19, 16-21; Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty bt Eng Keat Wesley Koh/Junsuke Kubo 21-10, 21-8; Ayush Shetty bt Jia Heng Jason Teh 21-17, 21-15; Pruthvi Roy/Okay Sai Pratheek misplaced to Nge Joo Jie/Donovan Willard Wee 21-8, 21-23, 20-22; Kidambi Srikanth bt Jia Wei Joel Koh 21-15, 21-16. (ANI)