India crashed out of the Sudirman Cup badminton tournament after losing 0-5 to Malaysia in the second tie of Group C, here on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The mixed doubles duo of Dhruv Kapila and Ashwini Ponnappa were up against the world No. 8 pair of Goh Soon Huat and Lai Shevon Jemie in the first of the five-match tie. The Indian duo tried hard before losing 16-21, 17-21 in 35 minutes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kidambi Srikanth, then, suffered a straight game 21-16, 21-11 against Malaysian star shuttler Lee Zii and failed to get the team back on track.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Jia's win gave Malaysia a comfortable 2-0, after the opening win of mixed doubles pair.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the third rubber, ace shuttler P.V. Sindhu faced a must-win situation against Goh Jin Wei but the 2019 world champion could not deliver as the Malaysian came through 14-21, 21-10, 22-20, securing victory for Malaysia with 3-0 unassailable lead.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Notably, each tie comprises five matches -- women's singles, men's singles, mixed doubles, women's doubles and men's doubles. The team which wins three of these five matches takes the tie and pockets one point.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Then, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered an 18-21, 19-21 defeat at the hands of the world champion pair of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Chik in the fourth match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The women's doubles duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, who put the Indians on the scorecard on Sunday's tie, failed to continue their form as they lost 15-21, 13-21 to Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan, thus Malaysia completed a sweep over India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In their first encounter in Group C on Sunday, India lost 1-4 against Chinese Taipei.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After losing the first two ties, India placed third in Group C with Chinese Taipei and Malaysia finishing as the top two teams to advance to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Indian badminton team has never won a medal at the Sudirman Cup. Quarterfinal finishes in 2011 and 2017 are India's best results in the biennial mixed-team event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Sudirman Cup 2023 also kickstarted the badminton qualification window for the Paris 2024 Olympics and points earned at the tournament will count towards the players' Road to Paris rankings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
--IANS<\/p>\r\n\r\n