Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Rajeev Rai
Updated Thu, 17 Feb 2022 04:19 PM IST
Summary
The Indian men’s team, led by World Championship bronze medalist Lakshya Sen, beat Hong Kong 3-2 in Group A. India kept their hopes of a place in the Badminton Asia Team Championships knock-out alive with a win on Thursday.
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However, the team’s path to making the knockouts has become difficult after a crushing 0-5 defeat in the first match against Korea. India are currently ranked third above Hong Kong in Group A with one win and one loss. From Group A, defending champions Indonesia and Korea are currently leading the race for a place in the knockouts.
India Open winners Lakshya, Mithun Manjunath and the doubles pair of Hariharan A and Ruben R registered a win for India on Thursday. Earlier, world number 13 Lakshya came on the court first and gave India a good start by defeating world number 17 Lee Cheuk Yiu 21-19, 21-10 in 35 minutes. But then Lau Chuck Him and Lee Chun Hei Reginald beat the pair of Manjit Singh Khwerakpam and Dinku Singh Konthojam 20-22, 21-15, 21-18 in a thrilling doubles match to level Hong Kong 1-1. .
Kiran George, who won her Super 100 tournament for the first time in Odisha, went down to Chen Yin Chek 13-21, 21-17, 9-21 despite a tough challenge as Hong Kong took a 2-1 lead. Hariharan and Reuben, however, beat Chow Hin Long and Liu Chun Wei 21-17 21-16 to level India.
Manjunath, who reached the semi-finals of the Syed Modi Super 300 tournament, then defeated Jason Gunawan 21-14 17-21 21-11 to ensure India’s 3-2 victory. India will now have to beat defending champions Indonesia on Friday and pray for Korea’s defeat against Hong Kong to make it to the knockouts.
Both India and Korea have just won one match and lost one. If both teams register a win on Friday, then it will be seen which team has won and lost more matches and games and Korea is ahead in this matter.
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However, the team’s path to making the knockouts has become difficult after a crushing 0-5 defeat in the first match against Korea. India are currently ranked third above Hong Kong in Group A with one win and one loss. From Group A, defending champions Indonesia and Korea are currently leading the race for a place in the knockouts.
India Open winners Lakshya, Mithun Manjunath and the doubles pair of Hariharan A and Ruben R registered a win for India on Thursday. Earlier, world number 13 Lakshya came on the court first and gave India a good start by defeating world number 17 Lee Cheuk Yiu 21-19, 21-10 in 35 minutes. But then Lau Chuck Him and Lee Chun Hei Reginald beat the pair of Manjit Singh Khwerakpam and Dinku Singh Konthojam 20-22, 21-15, 21-18 in a thrilling doubles match to level Hong Kong 1-1. .
Kiran George, who won her Super 100 tournament for the first time in Odisha, went down to Chen Yin Chek 13-21, 21-17, 9-21 despite a tough challenge as Hong Kong took a 2-1 lead. Hariharan and Reuben, however, beat Chow Hin Long and Liu Chun Wei 21-17 21-16 to level India.
Manjunath, who reached the semi-finals of the Syed Modi Super 300 tournament, then defeated Jason Gunawan 21-14 17-21 21-11 to ensure India’s 3-2 victory. India will now have to beat defending champions Indonesia on Friday and pray for Korea’s defeat against Hong Kong to make it to the knockouts.
Both India and Korea have just won one match and lost one. If both teams register a win on Friday, then it will be seen which team has won and lost more matches and games and Korea is ahead in this matter.