: Badminton: India lose 1-4 to Thailand in opening tie of Sudirman Cup #IndiaNEWS The men’s doubles pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila was the only bright spot as India suffered a 1-4 loss to Thailand

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Badminton: India lose 1-4 to Thailand in opening tie of Sudirman Cup #IndiaNEWS
The men’s doubles pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila was the only bright spot as India suffered a 1-4 loss to Thailand in their group A opener, denting their chances of qualifying for the knockout stage of the Sudirman Cup badminton tournament in Vantaa, Finland, on Sunday.With PV Sindhu and the men’s doubles duo of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy missing in action, the onus was on senior players such as Kidambi Srikanth and the women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy to carry the team through.However, Srikanth and the duo of Ashwini and Sikki lost their respective matches, while the young Malvika Bansod also went down fighting in women’s singles as India’s fate against Thailand, three-time semi-finalists at the event, was sealed after the first four matches.Former world No 1 Srikanth didn’t find his best against three-time world junior champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn, going down 9-21, 19-21 in 50 minutes, while Sikki Reddy and Ponnappa lost 21-23, 8-21 to the world No 8 combination of Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai.Bansod displayed her immense potential but she lacked the power and precision to trouble Pornpawee Chochuwong, going down 11-21, 14-21 against the world No 10 in women’s singles.Arjun and Kapila’s impressive 21-18,...Read more

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