Asia Mixed Team Badminton Highlights: India vs China LIVE – India’s campaign at the Asia Mixed Team Badminton Championships has come to an end. The PV Sindhu led side faced 2-3 defeat against China in the semifinals and settled for bronze medal on Saturday, 18th February 2023. World No.9 HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu lost their respective singles contest. Men’s Doubles pair Dhruv Kapila and Chirag Shetty won the contest to keep India in the game. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also won the Women’s Doubles. However Mixed Doubles pair Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto suffered defeat in straight games. Follow Asia Mixed Team Badminton Championships 2023 LIVE updates
Asia Mixed Team Badminton Highlights: India settles for bronze, loses against China in semifinal of Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2023 – Watch Highlights
Though India lost the keenly contested rubber, they will return home with a first-ever medal — a bronze — from the continental tournament, as both losing semi-finalists are awarded medals.
Down 0-2 after HS Prannoy had lost the opening semi-final match to Lei Lan Xi13-21, 15-21 and two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu had suffered a 9-21 21-16 18-21 defeat at the hands of Gao Fang Jie, the doubles teams gave a far better performance to bring India back on level terms (2-2).
Day 5 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship 2023: Results Update
Day 5 (Semifinals): Mixed Doubles (China 3 – 2 India)
Jiang Zhen Bang/Wei Ya Xin 🇨🇳 vs Ishaan Bhatnagar/Tanisha Crasto 🇮🇳: 21-17 21-13#Badminton #BadmintonAsia #BAMTC2023 pic.twitter.com/W4TIhVSEN7— Badminton Asia (@Badminton_Asia) February 18, 2023
Prannoy was no match for the 2016 world junior champion in mixed team event, losing in just 45 minutes, while Sindhu, who is gradually getting back to full fitness after a heel injury that kept her out for five months, gave a tough fight to her 24-year-old opponent before bowing out in one hour and 10 minutes.
The men’s doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Chirag Shetty then overcame Ji Ting and Zhou Hao Dong 21-19,21-19 and the women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand defeated Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning 21-18 13-21 21-19 to level the scores at 2-2.
All eyes were on the mixed doubles pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto to guide India into the final but Jiang Zhen Bang and Wei Ya Xin proved too strong in the decider, winning 21-17 21-13 in just 34 minutes.
Earlier on Friday, India had staged a remarkable comeback to down Hong Kong 3-2 and qualify for the semi-finals and ensure a first-ever medal in the continental tournament.
Asia Mixed Team Badminton Highlights: India settles for bronze, loses against China in semifinal of Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2023 – Watch Highlights
Editor's Pick
Cricket
Watch: KL Rahul suffers freak injury scare in nets before IND vs AUS Boxing Test
Top Stories
