Tough day for Indian shuttlers in Thomas and Uber Cup 2022; Men's team lose final group match to Chinese Taipei

Bangkok, May 11 (PTI) India endured a tough day in office with both men's and women's bminton teams suffering defeats in ir final group match at Thomas and Uber Cup Final here on Wednesday.

While men's team put up a spirited fight before going down 1-4 to Chinese Taipei in group C, women shuttlers couldn't take a single game off Korea, suffering a demoralising 0-5 defeat in group D.

However, twin defeats will t matter much as both teams have alrey sealed ir respective quarterfinal berths after ensuring securing a top-two finish in group following two victories.

In quarterfinals, Indian women will have to pull up ir socks as y face Thailand.

For Indian women, it was a reality check after two successive wins against Cana and USA as y looked awfully out of sorts against a much superior opponent in Korea.

Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu h a disappointing outing as she succumbed to her straight fifth loss to world number four An Seyoung, losing 15-21 14-21 this time in a lopsided contest, as India conceded a 0-1 le.

combo of Shruti Mishra and Simran Singhi was match for world number two pair of Lee Sohee and Shin Seungchan, going down 13-21 12-21 in 39 minutes.

Aakarshi Kashyap was sent packing 10-21 10-21 by world number 19 Kim Ga Eun as India surrendered tie 0-3.

In next two matches, Kim Hye Jeong and Kong Heeyong beat Tanisha Crasto and Treesa Jolly 21-14 21-11, while Ashmita Chaliha lost 18-21 17-21 to Sim Yujin as Korea completed a 5-0 drubbing of India.

Up against Chinese Taipei, Indian men's team fought hard with HS Prany, Lakshya Sen and doubles pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila winning a game but only Kidambi Srikanth could claim a victory over his opponent.

World championships bronze medallist Sen produced a gallant fight before losing 19-21 21-13 17-21 to world number four Chou Tien Chen in an hour and 20 minute clash.

world number 8 pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty couldn't get past Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin, ranked 3rd, losing 11-21 19-21 as India slipped to 0-2.

World championship silver medallist Srikanth outwitted tricky Tzu Wei Wang 21-19 21-16 in 53 minutes to keep India afloat.

MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila showed a stomach to fight as y saved four match points, only to go down 17-21 21-19 19-21 against Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han in a tight second doubles match, as India conceded a decisive 1-3 le to Korea.

In final match, world number 23 HS Prany went down 18-21 21-17 18-21 to world number 119 Lu Chia Hung in a close affair. PTI ATK AH