Sudirman Cup 2023: India are knocked out of the Sudirman Cup after they went down rather easily to Malaysia in the second Group C match of the mixed team championships in Suzhou. After star singles shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu couldn’t make their mark, it was all but over for India. In the third match, Dhruv Kapila and Ashwini Ponnappa had to go head-to-head against the world No. 8 pair of Goh Soon Huat and Lai Shevon Jemie. The India duo showed great fight but eventually lost 16-21, 17-21, in 35 minutes. Follow Sudirman Cup 2023 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
Dhruv Kapila and Ashwini Ponappa go down in straight sets in the first rubber in Match 2 versus Malaysia at the Sudirman Cup 2023. ❌#SudirmanCupFinals #Suzhou2023 #SKIndianSports #CheerForAllSports pic.twitter.com/pafN5ZMau2
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While Srikanth was too erratic in men’s singles contest, Sindhu showed great fightback in the decider after squandering an opening game advantage only to go down in the end to world No. 30 Goh Jin Wei.
An error-prone Srikanth then couldn’t get India’s campaign back on track, going down 16-21, 11-21 to world No. 8 Lee Zii Jia in a lopsided men’s singles contest as the team was 0-2 down after the first two matches.
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Sudirman Cup – Group C – R2
21 21 🇲🇾LEE Zii Jia🏅
16 11 🇮🇳KIDAMBI Srikanth🕚 in 36 minutes
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World No. 12 Sindhu then erased a 2-11 deficit in the third game, but couldn’t go the distance, losing 21-14, 10-21, 20-22 to Goh in the women’s singles as India conceded a 0-3 lead to Malaysia in the five-match tie.
The result meant India were third in the group with Chinese Taipei and Malaysia finishing as the top two teams to qualify for the quarterfinals.
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