Badminton Asia C’ships: Sindhu, Prannoy, Tanisha-Ashwini lose as Indian campaign ends
PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy and Tanisha Crasto-Ashwini Ponnappa all lost their respective round of 16 matches.
India’s campaign at the 2024 Badminton Asia Championships in Ningbo, China came to an end on Thursday as PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy and the doubles pair of Tanisha Crasto-Ashwini Ponnappa all lost their respective round of 16 matches.
Crasto-Ponnappa faced off against Japan’s world No 3 pair of Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida in the women’s doubles round of 16 match.
The Indians started strongly keeping a narrow lead over their opponents in the opening exchanges before opening up a 15-7 lead. Matsuyama and Shida began their comeback as they won four points in a row.
Crasto and Ponnappa stayed in the lead at 17-12 but the Japanese pair won the next nine points in a row to clinch the first game in stunning fashion.
Matsuyama and Shida took the momentum into the second game racing to a 14-4 lead. Even though the Indians attempted a comeback, it wasn’t enough as the Japanese pair clinched the match 21-17, 21-12.
Prannoy, fresh after his late-night marathon 90-minute match against Lu Guang Zu on Wednesday, faced off against Chinese-Taipei’s Lin Chun-Yi in the round of 16.
In a closely-contested first game, Lin held the lead for most the game with Prannoy close behind. The Indian levelled the score at 15-15 only for his opponent...
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